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AN ART DECO GOLD AND ENAMEL VANITY CASE, BLACK, STARR & FROST
Black, Starr & Frost
Of modified lozenge outline, depicting an Islamic motif in varicolored enamel, opening to reveal a mirror and powder well, the interior inscribed with "Joan E. Ehrman", suspended by cylindrical bar links of red and green enamel from a lipstick holder of similar design, mounted in 14K goldcirca 1920, gross weight (including mirror)--2.60 ozs.
Signed B.S.& F. for Black, Starr & Frost
Black, Starr & Frost
Of modified lozenge outline, depicting an Islamic motif in varicolored enamel, opening to reveal a mirror and powder well, the interior inscribed with "Joan E. Ehrman", suspended by cylindrical bar links of red and green enamel from a lipstick holder of similar design, mounted in 14K goldcirca 1920, gross weight (including mirror)--2.60 ozs.
Signed B.S.& F. for Black, Starr & Frost
Literature
For an illustration of this vanity case see:
Penny Proddow, Debra Healy, "American Jewelry: Glamour and Tradition", Rizzoli, New York, 1987, p. 93
Penny Proddow, Debra Healy, "American Jewelry: Glamour and Tradition", Rizzoli, New York, 1987, p. 93