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ca 1920 Sterling Silver Dance Purse Compact Antique Green Glass Jewels

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Antique ca 1920 sterling silver so called dance purse, green glass jewel cabochons to open the latches for the rectangular compartments. These late 1910s, early 1920s ones were used also when out and about, the earlier ones usually having a flat compartment in the lid with a clip, to hold calling cards, and a coin slot for trolley tokens or change, flat compartments like this for rice papers to blot the face, with a mirror above, or sometimes a small memorandum pad and tiny mechanical pencil. These ones were made before cosmetics were truly socially acceptable, so not for face powder or rouge, which came later, into the 1920s.

It measures three inches ling and two and one eighths inches wide, the sturdy links chain measures 10.5 inches long. It is in very good condition, the only small issues is a tiny chip out of one of the glass jewels, shown in close up from different angles. You have to be looking for this. Very, very slight surface contact marks, all shown close up, nothing of consequence. Nicest condition for one of these, that I have had, and it was never monogrammed on either the front or back cartouches, either.

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Item id: rl37826
Type: Holloware
Color: Silver
Origin: United States • American
Age: Early 20th Century
Purpose: Boxes
Item type: Antique