Here are 3 vintage vanity items.

• The oldest is a small Victorian era bone handled button hook, possibly a child's. It's 2-7/8" long. Long reddish brown mark on one side of handle might be a stain or a marking in the bone... I can't really tell which.
• The 2nd is a celluloid double sided baby's comb with hand painted flowers, circa 1930's. It's marked: England and is 4.5" long. It's in very good condition.
• The 3rd is a heart shaped mirror for the handbag or purse. It's a pearlized ivory colored celluloid (like Lea Stein's jewels or 1930's cloths hamper lids) with incised black lines and black rhinestones. There are 2 hearts that swivel open on a rivet hinge to show the mirror inside. Both hearts have warped slightly and curve away from each other with about an 1/8" gap at the edge farthest from the rivet. Light scratches on celluloid and mirror but it still looks real good.

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Unusual vintage World of Beauty, Saturn shaped lotion bottle from Max Factor of Hollywood is still full of lotion. I haven't opened it. It appears to be sealed. I can't tell if the bottle or the lotion is green. There's some variation in the green on the top, but think it might be where lotion is stuck to the inside top of the bottle. The bottle (plastic) pivots on the pale pink Saturn ring to open the bottle. A paper label on the bottom gives instructions on how to do it. Big letters around the ring identify the maker and the contents... also says PAT PEND in small letters at the bottom. It's just a great looking piece... very different. I've had it displayed with my collection of perfume bottles and vanity items for over 20 years and it always gets a lot of comments!

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Wild and colorful 1960's tote style handbag has a modern, arty, abstract style face on each side. The black see-thru material is covered with applied plastic beads... the portrait is applied in rows of color; the background is applied in a repeat pattern of 4. The bag is lined with a black muslin type cloth. 15" long x 15.5" wide. Two 20" handles. Snap closure. Face on one side is missing a few beads. Some beads are missing in the background areas as well although they aren't as noticeable. In good condition otherwise. Originally purchased from an estate sale about 25 years ago. It has remained in my collection since then. I never used it... just admired it. It's a fun vintage piece!

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Figural sixties after shave jar is the head of a Roman man... maybe it's Julius Ceasar. Paper label on underside gives info: VIVO After Shave Vanda Beauty Counselor, Division of Dart Industries, Los Angeles, California. Lid is top of head. I've had it for many years and haven't tried to take it off... just liked the head... so I don't know if there's anything in side or not. 5.25" high. In very good condition.

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Here are a pair of 1920's vintage Art Deco dresser of boudoir lamps. Bases are thick glass, clear on the sides with brushed satin finish on the top. Chromed bulb holders. One has a vertical split in the metal similar to those found on cocktail shaker lids. It won't affect the function. The other has 2 tiny chips on top edge and one larger shallow fan shaped chip on clear top edge which is 1/4" at the widest. Both of these flaws could be turned to the wall or one perfect lamp could be made from a combination of the parts which unbolt from each other. 3.5" high to top of cardboard inner fixture. 5.25" wide x 3" deep. In good condition with exceptions noted. Purchased from an estate sale many years ago.

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Old porcelain vanity tray is hand painted with pansies in a variety of colors and artist signed. The signature is difficult to decifer. The beginning is M. McE... the rest is hard to figure out. We'll try to get a close up photo of it. 10.25" x 5" Gold glaze on edges is worn. Several long surface scratches can be seen when held sideways to the light. A very pretty painting. Nice for bureau catch all or vanity tray.

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This pretty 20's era powder jar has etched flowers in the clear glass base and a gold lustre flower design on the cinnabar colored celluloid lid. 2.5" high x 4-3/8" in diameter. Glass has one scratch on bottom but is in excellent condition otherwise with no chips, flakes, cracks or repairs. There are 2 whitish dots on top of the lid that might have occurred in the manufacturing but it has very light signs of use and is in very good condition. Purchased from an estate sale.

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This great looking beaded evening bag was handmade circa the 1920's or 30's. It's pouch purse style with long fringe is reminiscent of the flapper era. The beads are irridescent carnival glass which sparkles and appears to change color as they move... dark blue, light blue, green, purple, magenta, and coppery rose. The beads are all crocheted or woven into place (you can see the pattern on the interior). There appears to be one fringe loop that has broken... you can see the remnant of thread to indicate that. It could be repaired with a new bead loop or the thread knotted inside where it couldn't be seen. It wouldn't be that noticeable that it's missing. When I purchased the bag from an estate sale about 25 years ago, it didn't have a drawstring... just the metal loops where someone had intending to put it. I added the purple ribbon so I could hang it for display. The bag measures 8.5" long x 5.5" at the widest. It's in very good condition with exceptions noted.

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Here are 2 vintage items, a clutch style handbag with a tiny metal memo case, pen, and notepad to carry in the purse. Both were purchased from the same estate sale:

• 1940's vintage clutch purse made with crocheted shell patterns in that black corde' material that was popular at the time. It is a commercially manufactured piece with zipper closure, neat diamond shaped pull tab, black lining. 5' x 7". It is in very good condition.
• 1950's vintage golden metal memo case with ballpoint pen and notepaper. Pen slides into the side openings which keeps the case shut. Back of case is marked: Schering AG Berlin/Bergkamen... probably made in Germany. Notepad inside has just a couple of missing pages. Pen is not working but refills could probably be found for it. 3-3/8" x 2.5". Comes in a black cloth slipcase. Very good condition.

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This vintage beaded bag is made of blue carnival glass beads and a circular faux tortoise frame and chain. It was gorgeous once but age has taken its toll, threads have broken and beads have been lost. I thought maybe I'd repair it some day... but I haven't. You might like to repair it, or use the beads for something else, or make your own bag using the frame. The frame is translucent celluloid made to look like tortoise. It has a neat ball clasp on a pivot that fits into a notch in the lid. The chain is made in the typical way with links that are melt fused together. Chain is about 15" long. The frame is 3-3/8" in diameter and 1/2" high with openings to sew the bag to. There's a mirror mounted on the inside of the lid. The silvering has crackled and some has come away from the glass. The hinge is in good condition with no oxidation. Length of bag from tassel to top of lug on frame is 10.5". Purchased from an estate sale many years ago. Maria

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Here are 2 different hand items. Both are made of pottery or china. One is a life sized pottery sculpture of a hand, possibly made from a mold taken from someone's hand. It's finished in a white crackle glaze. 8.75" high. In excellent condition.

The second is a ring holder trinket tray. The tray is heart shaped with a hand in the center. The tray is glazed with colorful flowers. The fingernails are glazed in matching leaf green. There's a visible line where the hand was attached to the heart tray some of which didn't fill with glaze. It's in excellent condition. Both items were purchased from estate sales so were previously owned but I believe they are of fairly recent vintage.

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Pretty little oblong tray with interestingly shaped handles/sides in the early American pressed glass pattern called Daisy and Button, or Button and Daisy, is in excellent condition. Don't know the exact function it was made to serve, but it would make a lovely pin or trinket tray for the bureau or vanity. Maybe it was meant to serve something very important, in small amounts... like fudge :-) 7" x 3-1/4" x 1-1/4"

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Beautiful vintage celluloid tray is peach or salmon colored with yellow marbling and impressed gold flowers and leaves. I bought it about 25 years ago from an estate sale. It has been in my collection of wonderful vintage plastic (bakelite, catalin, celluloid, etc) items ever since. I thought it must be a vanity tray for perfume bottles, etc. but it could be a trinket tray for the bureau or might have been a desk piece for pens, clips, stamps, etc. I think there's something inside to give it weight. 6.25" x 4.25". A few signs of wear, mostly light scratches on the underside as would be expected. It's in very good condition otherwise.

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