Description
Made by Kotler and Kopit between the 1930s and the 1950s this is a lovely deep sterling silver ladies compact with an engrved sunburst pattern on top alongside a tight concentric parallel circles pater with the rays of the sunburst leading the eye toward a smooth shiny sterling silver center circle that was never monogrammed or inscribed. The mirror and original netted insert for the powder is intact. Both latches, hinges and locks work strongly and securely. You can hear the loud snap when they are closed and they stay closed without reopening. The back has some minor shallow surface dings and the top has normal age wear scratches. The mirror is removable and replaceable. It is intact and fits perfect but need to be retaped in the back as the original tape has dried out over the years and it has come loose. This came from an estate where it had not been polished out in many decades and a fresh professional polish will remove most of the surface age wear. The spring hinge for the powder compartment is also strong and secure. Additionally, the cover have a highly reflective finish and provides a secondary mirror if needed. Size of compact measures 3″ across in diameter by 3/8″ deep. Weight is 92.2 grams. without the mirror. Overall condition is excellent, gently used. This is a lovely early mid century starburst compact made by a very well known high quality maker of the time for your vintage and antique sterling silver accessories or vanity collection.
- Company Name: Kotler & Kopit, Inc.
- Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island (with a showroom in New York).
- Era: Active prominently from the 1930s through the 1950s.
- Specialty: They were a well-known American manufacturer of high-quality vanity items, specializing in loose powder compacts, cigarette cases, and vanity sets. While they made many brass, gold-toned, and rhinestone-encrusted pieces, their solid sterling silver compacts featuring clean, engine-turned geometric patterns like your sunburst are highly collectible examples of mid-century vanity design
