- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- metal; plastic; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0055
- Description
- A small, flat, rectangular, brass case trimmed with aqua plastic. Case hinged across back with small, square latch at front which hooks over small, rolled, metal tab. Aqua plastic sides give effect of panel moulding, grooved square of aqua at lower centre of top just above latch. Engraved round sea…
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- Title
- Compact
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- metal; plastic; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 1.0 x 4.0 x 5.5 cm
- Description
- A small, flat, rectangular, brass case trimmed with aqua plastic. Case hinged across back with small, square latch at front which hooks over small, rolled, metal tab. Aqua plastic sides give effect of panel moulding, grooved square of aqua at lower centre of top just above latch. Engraved round seal depicting woman and goat just above, back patterned with vertical lines on the brass, with "Coty" at middle. Inside top is rectangular mirror in brass frame, with shallow well in bottom holding rectangular cake of compressed beige powder. Rectangular, aqua, satin applicator pad with napped fabric on underside, and small cord loop for lifting at one corner of top. Signature "Coty" in gold across top.
- Subject
- households
- animal
- goat
- figure
- woman
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0055
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- Date
- 1929 – 1935
- Material
- glass; metal; paper; skin; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0057
- Description
- In small, light green leather case embossed with gold. A small, tubular glass vial with blue stripes moulded into glass, brass cap with screw threads at bottom twists on over threads at neck of bottle, mouth of bottle tapers above neck to form dropper with tiny orifice. Round, gold, paper label on…
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- Title
- Toilet Bottle
- Date
- 1929 – 1935
- Material
- glass; metal; paper; skin; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.1 x 3.7 x 6.1 cm
- Description
- In small, light green leather case embossed with gold. A small, tubular glass vial with blue stripes moulded into glass, brass cap with screw threads at bottom twists on over threads at neck of bottle, mouth of bottle tapers above neck to form dropper with tiny orifice. Round, gold, paper label on front of bottle depicts gold silhouette of woman within outline of royal crown, "Renaud Paris 1871 /Sweetpea" Two-fifths full of perfume. Case: flat rectangular, light green with border design embossed in gold on lid. Lid hinged to snap open, and lined with creamy satin stamped with name of Renaud. Bottom of velvet like fabric covering plate of metal shaped with grown across middle to hold perfume bottle.
- Subject
- households
- figure
- woman
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.02.0057
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