Rare & Beautiful 1950s Russian Hallmarked. 875 Silver Clam Shell vanity Compact. The 1950s powder compact with a moulded bakelite type material which is textured and coloured in the form of a clam shell and mounted in solid. The push button hinge lid opens to a silver gilt interior, mirror one side and slide-release catch covered powder bowl opposite. The compact is fully hallmarked. 875 with a Russian makers name I cannot decipher as it is in Russian. The purity of silver is 875 parts of 1000 and the silver has a light gold wash over the top called gilding. The condition overall of the compact is very good, it has some minor scratches, wear which are entirely commensurate with age including to small areas of the gilding. I have left the compact un-cleaned but it would benefit from a suitable clean. The compact approximately measures 7.7 cm long by 6.7 cm wide by 3.3 cm thick at its thickest point and approximately weighs 92.4g. My pictures are not to scale please see my pictures as these form my description also please see my other listings. The item “Rare & Beautiful 1950s Russian Hallmarked 875 Silver Clam Shell Compact 92.4g” is in sale since Saturday, October 12, 2019. This item is in the category “Antiques\Silver\Solid Silver\Other Solid Silver”. The seller is “greatcandles” and is located in Cheltenham. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Bahrain, Canada, Brazil, Japan, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brunei darussalam, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint kitts and nevis, Liechtenstein, Macao, Monaco, Maldives, Martinique, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and caicos islands, Aruba, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Chile, Bahamas, Kuwait, Philippines, Qatar, Uruguay, Viet nam.
- Age: Post-1940
- Product: Compacts
- Featured Refinements: Russian Silver
- Style: 1950s
- Pattern: Clam Shell
- Composition: Sterling Silver
