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Rex Fifth Avenue Powder Compact 1940s Guilloche Enamel Tree Mountain Scene Puff
$ 21.12
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Description
Lovely vintage Rex Fifth Avenue Ladies Powder Compact2 3/4 inch diameter
5/8 inch thick
Gorgeous guilloche enamel birch tree, mountain, grassland scene, no wear, no chips, no fading
Red rim surrounding the guilloche shows some speckles erupting from oxidization under the paint
Brass front edge finish wear
Mirror detached but present
Signed puff, showing no use
Latches work well
Exterior edge at hinge marked Made in USA
Rex Products Corp made plastic novelties and turned to compacts in the early 1930s. Most early compacts are not signed and are made of catalin, an early plastic. Company became Rex Fifth Avenue after 1945.