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Art Deco Two-Tone Metal Vanity Dance Compact with Floral Guilloche Enamel Inset - This is an Art Deco-era vanity dance compact, featuring a rectangular form with notched corners and engine-turned surface decoration. The exterior exhibits a two-tone appearance with yellow gold-toned bands flanking a central silver-toned vertical panel. The center of the front face is set with an octagonal guilloche enamel plaque in a pale green seafoam color, decorated with a hand-painted basket of pink and blue roses with blue ribbon detailing. The compact is suspended from a matching silver-toned carry chain made of elongated rectangular bars and circular links. The edges of the case are finished with a stamped repeating foliate pattern. The compact opens via a ball-style thumb release to reveal a fitted interior. The upper lid contains a shaped glass mirror with a scalloped silver-toned frame. The lower section includes a circular loose powder well with a metal sifter plate featuring several small perforations, a secondary circular compartment containing two blue-trimmed fabric puffs, and a vertical rectangular sliding mechanism. This mechanism contains a waxy red substance consistent with antique lip pomade or lipstick. An impressed mark is visible on the inner metal frame above the mirror, which reads H. F. B. in plain block letters. No other metal purity marks or manufacturer names are legible. Length: 3 1/4 inches Overall length including chain: 7 1/4 inches. The item is in used antique condition. The exterior shows surface tarnishing and oxidation throughout the silver-toned panels and carry chain (photo 1). The central enamel plaque is intact without major losses, though some surface grime is visible (photo 3). The interior metal surfaces show substantial powder residue and oxidation, particularly within the powder well and around the lipstick slide (photo 9). The mirror displays significant silvering loss, clouding, and foxing (photo 6). The fabric puffs are worn with visible staining and fraying to the edges (photo 8). The hinge and clasp are functional.