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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Old travel vanity set

« on: January 29, 2010, 09:06:15 am »

Thank you so much for all your help!  I appreciate it so much!
You all are wonderful!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Old travel vanity set

« on: January 27, 2010, 09:11:15 am »

Any further opinions on the age of this set?

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Old travel vanity set

« on: January 23, 2010, 11:25:18 pm »

The leather has worn in places so it appears to me to be real leather but
it feels different than standard leather.  My father owed a shoe repair shop
and this is not your basic cow hide   Im not familiar with reptile type leather.
I tried the tests for bakelite.  When I rubbed it smelled funny but I don't think
its bakelite.  I dont have any 409 spray or the other chrome cleaner it indicated
but I have brasso.  It cleaned it nicely but it didn't have yellow and if it was
lacquered it would have come off, so my guess is celluloid.  I don't know for
sure though.  Here are the additional pics of the brush! Thanks!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Old travel vanity set

« on: January 23, 2010, 08:54:17 pm »

Okay so I did use a magnet and it did stick to the brush and mirror.  It didn't stick as
well to the handles as it did the back of the brush and mirror.  I can't find any markings
on the the jars or anything.  The design on the back of the mirror and brush look like
plastic that was trapped into the silver framing.  The bristles are tannish (I'm thinking from
age) and are real stiff. 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Old travel vanity set

« on: January 23, 2010, 04:30:49 pm »

There is no handle, just the zipper with a chain hanging off like a key chain
except with one of the little silver balls a little bigger    Its not like some
vanities I have seen that are made of wood or stronger material, it is all
soft, kind of like one of those leather zipper portfolios.  

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Antique Questions Forum / Old travel vanity set

« on: January 22, 2010, 11:32:21 pm »

I have a very old travel vanity set that includes a mirror, brush, comb, and couple of bottles
that I believe to be my grandmothers but I can't find anything online that resembles the set
at all.  I am trying to find an estimated date on this or maybe a little background.  Can anyone
help or at least point me in the right direction?