Vintage Dorset Fifth Avenue etched gold-tone compact. This Dorset compact is rIch in appearance due to its finely etched gold-tone design on the front and back of the compact. Dorset in the 1950s offered a wide array of impressive compacts for ones personal use or as a surprise gift for a loved one. Its Fifth Avenue shoppers loved visiting the Dorset store during the heyday of compact usage. Dorset was just as impressive as its well-known compacts.