Compact Collection (page 2)

Gooch hat, WWI
A lady checks her reflection in a compact mirror and powders her nose while wearing a black panne hat embellished with an osprey feather by Gooch. Date: 1915

The everlasting fuel, atomic power, by G. H. Davis
The everlasting fuel: atomic power replacing the consumption of hundreds of thousands of tons of coal. The probable compact layout of an atom-powered municipal electricity generating station in

Making sea water drinkable by G. H. Davis
Making sea water drinkable: a simple system for castaway airmen during the Second World War. A life-saving apparatus, compact and very simple to use

Advert for Mappin & Webb dressing case 1935
Morocco dressing case, with sterling silver fittings. 1935

Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1920
Advertisement John Pound & Co brown hide empty dressing case, tobacco pouch and ladys wrist bag. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904

Advert for J. C. Vickery dressing case 1920
J. C. Vickery dressing case, for wedding gifts. Blue morocco dressing case, fitted with a beautiful solid tortoiseshell toilet set inlaid with sterling silver. Date: 1920

Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1914
Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904. With less time to run his business, he gave contol of the company to his two sons

Chocolate box design, lady in fancy dress
Chocolate box design, featuring a lady in fancy dress holding a mirror, with a geometrical background. Date: 20th century

Advert for Asprey dressing case 1928
A seletion of dressing vanity travel cases, made from crushed morocco and pigskins and fittings in silver gilt and enamel. 1928

Advert by Asprey compact dressing case 1937
Cases for light weight travel complete and compact. Date: 1937

Green & Gold Compact
Green circular compact with diamante (paste) decoration, gold cord and tassels containing a mirror, powder and two lipstick holders. Date: circa 1920

Compact / Lipstick Holder
Ingenious comapct with the mirror concealed in the lid and space for two lipsticks within the large silk tassel. Date: circa 1920

Celluloid Compact C. 1918
Celluloid compact with paste decoration, decorative clasp and tassels in a mock tortoise shell finish. Date: circa 1918

Sandstone is formed by loose grains of quartz compacted and cemented together

Geyser Washing Machine
Geyser Electric Washer - compact - propelling a Geyser of Suds Date: 1921

Cricket - The Perfect Maiden by H. H. Harris
A 1920s lady inspects her face in a compact mirror, attracting the attention of a handsome cricketer as a match goes on in the background. Date: 1927

The pilgrims signing the compact, on board the May Flower, Nov. 11th, 1620. Print showing the Pilgrims, below deck on the Mayflower, signing the Mayflower Compact. Date c1859

Advert for Mappin & Webb compact dressing case 1937
Advertisement for Mappin & Webb compact dressing cases: Including Ladys Morocco leather dressing case, containing a lift out tray

FIAT 500
Usefully compact for the crowded streets of Milano and Torino, the Fiat 500 convertible saloon is an ideal 2-door urban runabout. Date: 1937

Powdering her Chin
A brunette with a centre parting powders her chin with a powder puff and a stylish powder compact. Date: 1940s

Two women in outfits by Bernard and Premet
Two fashionable women one wearing a navy dress coat with multicolored lining and matching brimmed cloche hat and handbag, by Bernard

Three Ramblers
Three ramblers make their way through a wood along a path, carrying compact rucksacks on their backs. Date: 1930s

Britannia and Eve front cover
Front cover illustration featuring a blonde woman applying make up while looking in a compact mirror

David Wright woman in cream coloured coat
Elegant woman with blonde hair, wearing a tight-waisted cream coloured coat. She is checking her lipstick in a hand-held mirror

Painted Ladies
Woman admiring herself in her compact mirror with a butterfly by her side

The Power of Make-up
Little Bits of Powder - Little Bits of Paint - Make a Girl with a Face like this - Look like what she ain t! The powers of correctly applied cosmetics - making a face that might not launch a thousand

Savage Automatic Pistol
Savage automatic pistol

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig5
Act 4 scene 2 : Robert is torn between Bertram (the Devil) and Alice : she saves him from signing a compact, the clock strikes twelve, Bertram vanishes back to Hell

Small Manual Engine / 1870
A small manual fire engine constructed by the well-known firm of fire engineers, Messrs. Merryweather & Sons of Greenwich. Date: 1870

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