I recently acquired this elegant little camera shaped compact. This petit truc from the beginning of the 1950's is a hard working little treasure with not only a powder compact, mirror, lipstick, and cigarette case but also a fabulous little musical movement that jauntily plays the theme tune from the classic film noir 'The Third Man'.
Visions of Audrey Hepburn's Holly Golightly filled my imagination when I first investigated the virtues of this fascinating object from a bygone age.
Sadly at some point someone will fall in love with it as much I have and carry it away with them. Parting with objects such as this one is always a bitter-sweet moment in the life of a brocanteuse but knowing it will go to a good home and will be treasured makes it all worthwhile.
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