Beautiful Vintage 1950s Stratton Blk Enamel Stunning Gold Design Compact England

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Wonderful Vintage (1950s) Stratton Light Black Enamel with Gold Design Compact. Made in England. Being Offered in Pre-Owned Good Condition. Sold 'As Is'. Shipping via USPS First Class Mail. No International Shipping.
Highly Collectible Stratton Black Enamel Intricate Gold Design Compact. Made in England.
Condition:This is a 1950s vintage compact by Stratton being offered in good pre-owned condition. The top lid is made with a light black enamel with an intricate gold design. There are no dents or cracks on the front/top lid. The black enamel and the gold design is in good condition. The powder puff looks like it has dried out from age. The mirror on the inside of the top lid is in very good condition with no cracks or scratches. The bottom of the compact is in good condition with some minor scratches and signs of age. This vintage Stratton compact is a great collectible.
Description:
Beautiful Black Enamel Stratton Mirrored Compact with an intricate gold design. This compact was made with the finest materials and by the best artisans in the field. Made in England.
Stratton:
Stratton Compact Mirrors & Heritage
Prima Ballerina Violetta Elvin Promoting Stratton Compacts
The company we know today as 'Stratton' began trading in 1860. At this time they were a knitting needle manufacturer. They marketed their first powder
compact
in 1923. Their compacts were imported from the USA, and given the name “Stratnoid”. Which was the same brand name as the company’s knitting needles. B
y the mid 1930s, Stratton produced over half of all compacts used as a part British cosmetics at that time.  In 1940 due to Germany’s WWII blitz of Britain disaster struck. Four of the five Stratton factories were destroyed. Production was forced to a standstill. Manufacturing resumed after the war, but shortages in Britain meant that particularly metals as raw materials, were in short supply.  Compacts of this time can even be found made from aircraft alloy. The arrival of the 50s brought a big change for Stratton.  The booming love for cosmetics, particularly the powdered and polished Hollywood look, made compacts a must. Stratton introduced their now-famous compact in hand logo “self-opening lids”.  Inner lids hold loose powder safely and unlock automatically as you open the powder compact.  It was patented in 1948 and was designed to prevent your nails from being damaged. However, some much earlier compacts also had this mechanism.  Stratton compacts were famed for the quality of their enamel and reliability. Stratton ceased trading in 1997. Now modern 21st Century Stratton compacts are made but they are not British made & collectors consider them inferior to the vintage Stratton compacts.
General Statement:
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