A collection of vintage vanity accessories and various small curiosities. The vanity items include a range of powder compacts, notably a circular brass example with engine-turned concentric decoration, a tortoiseshell-style compact featuring a metal swallow appliqué, and a square compact with a floral transfer print. Also included is a pale blue enamel compact with a central star-shaped filigree design, and a boxed circular compact featuring a blue and white jasperware-style hibiscus cameo. The lot features a small hand mirror with a porcelain back decorated with a blue floral spray and a green hardstone-style handle. Small storage items include two metal trinket boxes, one set with a tiger’s eye cabochon and the other with a polished agate stone. Curiosities include a miniature white metal toffee hammer marked TOFFEE, a brass-tone policeman’s helmet with a royal crest, a cast metal figurine of a miner with a pickaxe, a small wooden pipe with metal accents, silver-tone sugar tongs, a miniature Electric Cream Rouge tin, and a tin containing Owzthat cricket dice.
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