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AN ART DECO DIAMOND AND STYPTOR MINAUDIERE, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS FOR ASPREY
The textured styptor case of rectangular outline, with a half-moon shaped clasp set with single-cut diamonds, opening to reveal a fitted mirror, a removable powder compact with diamond-set clasp, a glass-covered compartment, a lipstick compartment, a cigarette lighter and comb, and one additional leather-lined compartment, mounted in styptor, circa 1935, 6 x 4 11/16 x 13/16 in., in a Van Cleef & Arpels black silk carrying case, clasp with two diamonds deficient
Signed 'La Minaudiere de Van Cleef & Arpels' and 'Specially Made For Asprey', no. 2251
The textured styptor case of rectangular outline, with a half-moon shaped clasp set with single-cut diamonds, opening to reveal a fitted mirror, a removable powder compact with diamond-set clasp, a glass-covered compartment, a lipstick compartment, a cigarette lighter and comb, and one additional leather-lined compartment, mounted in styptor, circa 1935, 6 x 4 11/16 x 13/16 in., in a Van Cleef & Arpels black silk carrying case, clasp with two diamonds deficient
Signed 'La Minaudiere de Van Cleef & Arpels' and 'Specially Made For Asprey', no. 2251
Further Details
Styptor is an alloy of silver and pewter which was used during the late 1930s and 1940s.