Ring Tail Lizard Skin Minaudiere with a strap handle marked JD, 1930s
Current Bid: | £32.00 |
Bid Increment: | £2.00 |
Next Min Bid: | £34.00 |
Buyer’s Premium: | £7.68 |
Total Amount: | £39.68 |
Number of Bids: | 4 |
Location: | United Kingdom |
Highest Bidder: | User 1336 |
Auction Start: | 06/11/23 23:35:00 UTC |
Auction Ending: | 19/11/23 20:30:00 UTC |
Auction Finished : | 19/11/23 20:30:11 UTC |
LOT NUMBER 16
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 |