UNUSUAL , COLLECTABLE, MIRRORED POWDER COMPACT WITH BALLET COUPLE ON THE FONT , BLACK PAINTED  comes with unused pink puff
 
MAKER: Stratton of London
MATERIALS: brass, enamel paint, unused puff
AGE: 1930s- dating due to the back pattern- see below
CONDITION:  Good Vinatge- some black paint flecks off- unused puff
 
DATING   Stratton  COMPACTS by BACK PATTERNS & SHAPES
BACKS
Wavy - early 20th century
Spiral- 1930s- pre WW 2
Lines - 1950s
Curly feather - 1950s 'Luxury compacts'
All over stars - no writing - mid 1950-60s
All over stars with writing '' Stratton'' - mid 1960s to early 1970s
All over dots with writing '' Stratton''  - mid 1970s to late 1980s
Woven effect with writing '' Stratton'' - 1990s
SHAPE
Small  round ''Strattnoids''- early 20th century
Meduim round ''Flapjacks'' aprox 3 inches x 3 inches-1930s- pre WW 2
Square '' Pontoon''- 1950s
QUEENS-Patterned edge ( pie crust -like)
''Queen''- smaller and not convertable -1957-58 RARE
'' Queen''- medium convertable- since 1950s and on for 40 years ( 1990s) COMMON