Vintage Elgin American Goldtone Powder Compact w/Art Deco Deer Design on Lid

Description

Moving from Chicago, the Illinois Watch Company aka Elgin American set up business in Elgin IL in 1890, making quality watch cases, lockets & cigarette cases.  About 1919, they expanded their product line to include powder compacts & continued to make their quality powder compacts with various designs & finishes until 1963.
This Elgin American compact has a tapered shape that is almost 3-1/2 inches wide at the round bottom, tapering up rounded sides to the top hinge that is about 1-3/4 inches wide.  The goldtone lid has an art deco design with a gazelle & leafy plants & the back has no design.
Both front & back have some wear/scratches as shown in the photo.  In the interior, the goldtone powder tray has curved stripes & the Elgin American Made In U.S.A. in the center.  The mirror is intact but does have some foxing/blemishes.  The turquoise shine on the compact is a reflection from my shirt, not oxidation.
My mother loved compacts & this is one of many that she purchased, probably late 1940s to 1960.  See my other listings of Elgin American Compacts.
Ships USPS.