Armand Art Deco Small Powder Compact Blue Enamel Raised Geometric 1920s Empty For Sale

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Armand Art Deco Small Powder Compact Blue Enamel Raised Geometric 1920s Empty:
$38.25

Art Deco Armand USA Powder Compact2 x 2 inches
5/8 inch thickLight aluminum case, hingedBuilt in polished metal mirror, minimal scuffsEmptyRouge stain on interior pan baseSigned on exterior reverse Armand within an engraved starburst designBlue enamel paint on lid, one small chip and one small dark spot surrounds
Raised deco geometric designFlip latchLast photo shows it with another Armand compact of the same period and design line, listed separatelyArmand, a cosmetics firm, was founded in Des Moines Iowa in 1916 by Carl Weeks and was the leading seller of face powder in the USA by 1927. Logo developed was a pompadour woman\'s head in silhouette. Famous for inventing Cold Cream Powder in 1916. Salisbury House, his Tudor style home finished in 1927, is now a museum. Armand introduced the Florian line in 1929, products for men. Due to extreme competition in the cosmetics market, Armand was merged into Weeks & Leo Co Inc in 1950 (still in operation today) and Mr Weeks retired. Firm tried to revive the Armand brand but was unsuccessful and it had completely disappeared by the 1960s.