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VINTAGE 1920s POMPEIAN BLOOM ROUGE COMPACT ART NOUVEAU FLOWERS "ORIENTAL" SHADE
$ 13.19
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ANTIQUE VINTAGE 1920's BRASS ROUGE COMPACT WITH AN ARTISTIC ART NOUVEAU DESIGN ON THE LID. IT'S INSCRIBED ON THE BACK "POMPEIAN BLOOM" AND "MADE IN U.S.A." WITH A PAPER LABEL IN THE CENTER MARKED "ORIENTAL" WHICH IS THE ROUGE SHADE THAT WAS INTRODUCED IN 1926. AS MENTIONED ABOVE IN CONDITION DETAILS, THE ROUGE AND PUFF ARE USED, BUT THERE IS STILL ROUGE LEFT. THE COMPACT MEASURES 1.5" IN DIAMETER, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SILVER DOLLAR.
THE POMPEIAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY BEGAN IN 1901 WITH A POPULAR MASSAGE CREAM AND EXPANDED TO COSMETICS IN THE EARLY 1920's. POMPEIAN BLOOM WAS THE ROUGE LINE AND CAME IN SHADES OF LIGHT, DARK, MEDIUM, ORANGE (1924), AND ORIENTAL (1926).
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