Ornate hand bag pressed from ivory cellulose nitrate sheet, with lipstick, eye pencil, powder puff, mirror

Made:: 1921-1930

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Ornate hand bag pressed from ivory cellulose nitrate sheet, decorated with a pastoral scene on both surfaces and hand coloured, leather plaited thong strap and tassels, contains mirror, powder puff, 1920s

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Category:: Plastics and Modern Materials

Object Number:: 1980-676/78

Materials:: case, cellulose nitrate, strap & tassels, leather and catch, brass

Measurements:: case: length 116 mm
case: width 95 mm
case: thickness 21 mm

type:: hand bag

credit:: Purchase (Roger Newport)

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Parts

Deep red lipstick contained within cylindrical metal container

Deep red lipstick contained within cylindrical metal container, rounded ends, lid slots onto stud on base, whole slots into clips on hang bag lid

Measurements:: length 51 mm
width 10 mm
thickness 9 mm

Materials:: container, steel, ? material and contents, lipstick

Object Number:: 1980-676/78 Pt1

type:: lipstick

Kohl eye pencil

Kohl pencil contained within cylindrical metal container, round ends, lid slots onto stud on base, whole slots into clips

Measurements:: length 51 mm
width 10 mm
thickness 9 mm

Materials:: container, steel, ? material and contents, kohl

Object Number:: 1980-676/78 Pt2

type:: kohl pencil

Circular blue silk powder puff

Circular blue silk powder puff with fluffy cotton? base, oversewn by machine at edges, lower surface maked with original powder, whole fits into circular enclosure inside hand bag lid