Ring Tail Lizard Skin Minaudiere with a strap handle marked JD, 1930s
| Current Bid: | £55.00 |
| Bid Increment: | £5.00 |
| Next Min Bid: | £60.00 |
| Buyer’s Premium: | £13.20 |
| Total Amount: | £68.20 |
| Number of Bids: | 2 |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Highest Bidder: | User 1180 |
| Auction Start: | 16/04/23 20:00:00 UTC |
| Auction Ending: | 30/04/23 20:40:00 UTC |
| Auction Finished : | 30/04/23 20:40:00 UTC |
Ring Tail Lizard Skin Minaudiere with a strap handle marked JD, 1930s
The Minaudière is a women's fashion accessory intended to substitute for an evening bag. A case with compartments, it allows storage for several items in a small space, such as a makeup compact, lipstick, watch, reading glasses, or keys.Minaudières appeared during the 1930s and their invention is attributed to Charles Arpels, of Van Cleef & Arpels, but many jewellers and haute couture designers have created their own models.This example opens out on one side (the clasp is rather stiff) to reveal a mirror and two lidded powder compacts (complete with the guaze liners) and a holder for a comb (now missing) and on the other where there is a cigarette holder and a compartment presumably for matches. On the lid of this is a pouch doubtless intended as a purse. At the end is a pull out lipstick holder with a small strap and the piece hangs from a strap handle marked with the initials JD.
The piece is in remarkable condition for its age and recalls an era of elegance which a contemporary user might emulate on some special occasion.
| Size: | 15cm x 8.3cm x 3cm, the strap handle 12.5cm |
| Weight: | 135gm |
| Date: | 1930s |
| Condition: | Excellent condition overall, the comb missing as detailed above. |
| Estimate: | £80 – 100 |
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