Melissa of London 1950s Powder Compact and Lipstick Holder Vanity Set

ON AUCTION THIS VINTAGE 1950S MELISSA POWDER COMPACT AND LIPSTICK HOLDER BOTH DECORATED WITH ORNATE FLORAL EMBELLISHMENTS AND TWINKLING RUBY RED RHINESTONES.

THREE OF THE RHINESTONES ON THE COMPACT AND ONE RHINESTONE ON THE LIPSTICK HOLDER ARE MISSING. THE COMPACT GILDED BRASS BOTTOM HAS A BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED CROSSHATCH PATTERN.
 
THE MIRROR BEZEL IS SIGNED 'MADE IN MELISSA ENGLAND'. THE POWDER WELL STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL PAPER INSERT WHICH READS AS FOLLOWS ''MELISSA' CREME POWDER BOXES WILL TAKE MOST CREME POWDERS. TO FIT, PUSH REFILL INTO BOX. TO REMOVE, INSERT NAIL FILE IN THE BOTTOM RECESS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. "MELISSA" COMPACTS ARE IN USE ALL OVER THE WORLD. PRINTED IN ENGLAND'.
 
MELISSA WAS A PROMINENT BRITISH BRAND, OPERATED UNDER SEARCHLIGHT PRODUCTS LTD. IN ACTON, LONDON, DURING THE 1940S. BY THE 1950S, PRODUCTION MOVED TO MIDDLESEX, AND THE BRAND OFFICIALLY BECAME KNOWN AS MELISSA OF LONDON.
 
THEIR ICONIC MATCHING SET COMBINED A LOOSE POWDER COMPACT WITH AN INTEGRATED OR SIDE-ATTACHED MATCHING LIPSTICK HOLDER WAS INTRODUCED BY MELISSA IN 1953 AT THE BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR.
 
MELISSA CATERED TO THE BOOMING MID-20TH-CENTURY MARKET FOR ELEGANT, PORTABLE LADIES' MAKEUP ACCESSORIES. THESE SETS EPITOMISED 1950S POST-WAR LUXURY, GLAMOUR, AND FEMININE ELEGANCE.
 
SIZE: POWDER COMPACT 7.7CM DIAMETER LIPSTICK COVER 5.6CM HIGH
 
MARKINGS: MADE IN MELISSA ENGLAND ENGRAVED ON RIM OF INSIDE COVER (MIRROR BEZEL)
CRÈME POWDER BOX ON PAPER INSERT
 
CONDITION: 3 RED RHINESTONES ON POWDER COMPACT AND ONE RHINESTONE N LIPSTICK HOLDER ARE MISSING. NO LIPSTICK. NO POWDER SIFTER OR POWDER BUFF. HINGE A BIT SKEW BUT STILL IN TACT. OVERALL STILL IN GOOD CONDITION.
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