Handsome vintage Powder Compact by Wadsworth
3 1/4 inch diameter
3/8 inch thick
Signed on inner lid Wadsworth
Etched floral vine brass design with sparkly black enamel background
Plain brass exterior base, showing some light scuffs and a tiny dent when tilted to the light
Some brass finish wear around lid edge
No interior brass wear, satin finish
Mirror shows spidery silvering blemish on edge
Latches work well
No puff
No sifter
Trace of powder residue
c1940s
Wadsworth Watch Case Co established in Kentucky in 1890 as a maker
of gold filled watch case. In the 1940s and 50s they also manufactured
fine compacts. Parker Pen Co Canada were given the official distribution
rights of Wadsworth compacts in Canada including affixing their name to
the advertisements after WWII.Henriette was a separate company within
Wadsworth, created in 1937, a trade name for the NY division of the
Wadsworth Case Co of Kentucky. Famous for their novelty compacts such as
the 8 Ball and the Vanity Table. Bought by Elgin National Watch Co in
Dec 1950. The Wadsworth brand disappeared in the late 1950s.