This beautiful Italian sterling vermeil compact is rather rare in the design ... on the top we have the Goddess Diana but instead of being done on a flat surface, the painted portion is raised up on a dome shape. I've never run across this ...
This lovely Italian sterling vermeil compact features a romantic couple with the woman partially nude in a state of deshabille'. A flock of sheep rests alongside them. Interior features a beveled mirror in the lid which is cracked but otherwise usable. Enameling is in mint ...
An Italian Vanity Vermeil compact, features a hand-painted scene of a romantic couple in a parlor setting with the lady seated at a piano. The interior features a shaped beveled mirror in the lid and the bottom has the original powder screen in unused condition. ...
Here is a very charming little Italian sterling silver compact with an unusual scene on the lid of a couple holding a nest of baby birds. The lady appears to be holding out a stick with some food on the end to tempt them to ...
Here we have a stunning Italian sterling vermeil compact that is one of my favorites. The scene is a rarely found outdoor scene with three people and sheep resting alongside a lake. In the background you can see a castle and rolling hills. Behind the ...
An Italian sterling vermeil set done in faux malachite enameling and featuring another romantic couple in a pastoral setting. Compact case does not have mirror inside ... it is uncertain whether there ever was one or if this was meant to hold cigarettes. No powder ...
A stunning Italian sterling vermeil compact. The compact depicts a tranquile and romatic pastoral scene of a lovely romantic of a young woman and her admirer relaxing in a wooded glen. A sheep and a dog can be seen on either side of them. The ...
Here we have another rendition of the "Music Hour" featuring a gentleman playing his mandolin for two ladies fair. This one is done to resemble a fine painting ... almost in pointilistic style. There is significant wear to the clearcoat on the top of the ...
This is a rare find ... a matching compact and lighter set in Italian sterling vermeil. The scene is an unusual one of two ladies holding a white dove. The compact features a beveled mirror inside which is beginning to show signs of age fogging. ...
Here we have a rather rare scene to be found in an Italian sterling compact. This one features a young farmer carrying a sheaf of wheat over his shoulder toward a wagon that is barely visible along the lefthand edge. He is on a country ...
This stunning Italian sterling vermeil compact has a very tranquil scene of two ladies reading in a garden setting with lush greenery around them ... there is even a cat sitting atop the stone. The seated lady has a parasol lying beside her and appears ...
This very unusual sterling silver compact is done with a hand-painted enamel front depicting a couple fleeing through the woods on the back of a wolf. It is all done on sterling silver with chased border. The scene seems like something that would be taken ...
Lovely Italian sterling vermeil compact featuring a fully enameled lid in rich cobalt blue and crimson red around a center vignette. The vignette contains a hand-painted scene of a romantic couple in an idyllic setting with flowers at their feet ... this is done on ...
Another of my favorites ... a stunning little Italian sterling vermeil compact with a fantastic scene loaded with detail. A young gentleman is bestowing a gift of a white dove in a wooden cage to his barefoot lady love while two sheep and his dog ...
Italian sterling vermeil compact features a scene of a young woman with her arms outstretched in an obvious happy dance with musicians visible in the background. The interior featuers an oval beveled mirror in the lid and original powder screen and swansdown puff in the ...
This lovely Italian sterling vermeil compact features a romantic couple with the woman partially nude in a state of deshabille'. A flock of sheep rests alongside them. Interior features a beveled mirror in the lid which is cracked but otherwise usable. Enameling is in mint ...
A rare 3-pc. matched Italian Sterling and Vermaeil set. This set includes a Compact, Comb, Jeweled Lipstick. This stunning set has a scene from a famous painting by Henry Holiday done in 1883 called "Dante & Beatrice". Interior of compact features a round beveled mirror ...
This is an exceptionally rare Italian sterling vermeil compact with a scene showing a hay wagon in the background, an elegantly dressed lady, a pack horse laden with goods, a child looking over the horse, a lad on the ground holding out a hat with ...
This lovely hard-to-find matching compact and lipstick set was made in Italy around turn-of-the-century of sterling silver with gold vermeil. The hand-painted scene features dancing nymphs in a glade and is surrounded by enameled faux malachite borders. Interior features a beveled shaped mirror in the ...
Here we have a very sweet figural sterling vermeil compact with a scene I haven't seen before ... a lovely gowned lady with several courtiers surrounding her. Rich faux turquoise enameling around the edges matches the color of her gown ... it is more turquoise ...
A wonderful and rare Italian sterling vermeil compact featuring a romantic pastoral scene, but what makes this one special is the "double" interior ... there is a beveled shaped mirror in the lid and a beautiful covered powder well. The lid is all beautifully embossed ...