Cosmetic Compact [1920]

Utilitarian Object

Identifier:
OBJ.O.1993.117
Description
A rectangular compact of brownish metal with a raised diamond pattern. Manufactured by Bourjois around 1920. Contains separate compartments for lipstick, rouge, and powder. Purchased in San Francisco by Lucy Sawyer, the aunt of donor Geneviève Violette. Violette was a resident of Milford.