Vanity Items: Dresser Sets

Modern Empire vanity set in 800 silver. Made by Mario Buccellati in Milan. This set comprises hand mirror, hairbrush, clothes brush, and jar. Each: Beribboned wreath applied to center with finely engine-turned radiating lines. Wreath interior vacant. Rims have partial gadrooning. Foliate mounts. Mirror and hairbrush have oval frames. Clothes brush is tubular. Jar is round and faceted clear glass. Mirror glass is beveled. Hallmark (1944-68). Very good condition. Bristles clean and stiff.... Click for details

Art Deco sterling silver vanity set. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. This set comprises 10 pieces: hand mirror, hairbrush, comb, clothing brush, shoe horn, box, 2 perfume bottles, and 2 powder jars.

Rectilinear and chamfered forms with raised central panel and fine dentil borders. Handles have stylized acanthus motif. Bottles conical with acid-etched pendant flowers in rectilinear frames. Jars round and faceted. Restrained classical modernism.

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Hand-hammered sterling silver 3-piece vanity set. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. This set comprises hairbrush, comb, and hand mirror. Brush is elongated oval and mirror is circular. Mirror glass beveled with beaded border. Both brush and mirror have “stitched” rim terminating in volute scrolls. All pieces have raised single flower and leaf-capped ends. Postwar hallmarks include nos. 79 (brush) and 79B (mirror and comb). Very good condition with fresh bristles, clear glass, and... Click for details

Pretty sterling silver, enamel, and glass vanity set. Made by Foster & Bailey in Providence, ca 1928. This set comprises hand mirror, hair brush, comb, powder jar, and rouge pot.

All: Pink roses in radiating white frame on blue guilloche ground – a soft and pretty Edwardian motif. The mirror and brush have shield-form frames. Mirror glass beveled. The jar and pot are round in clear glass with cut and acid-etched abstract garland and square and canted covers. Fully marked. One piece has... Click for details

Chinese export silver vanity set, ca. 1900. This set comprises 4 pieces: Hand mirror, hairbrush, hair comb, and clothing brush.

Each: a scary, scaly, and slithery dragon in relief on honeycomb ground. Vacant cartouche. Hairbrush and mirror are shield form. Mirror has beveled glass. Clothing brush tubular with shaped ends. A fine gift for a dramatic and charismatic woman. Chinese hallmark with no. 85. Very good condition. Brushes have stiff and clean bristles. Comb teeth straight and... Click for details

Art Nouveau vanity set in gilt 950 silver and clear glass. Made by Pierre Kotowski in France, ca. 1900. This set comprises 1 hand mirror (L 10 1/2 in.), 1 hairbrush (L 8 1/4 in.), 2 hairbrushes (9 1/4 in.), 1 clothing brush (L 8 in.), 1 clothing brush (L 7 1/4 in.), 2 colognes (H 7 7/8 x W 3 1/4 x D 3 1/4 in.), 2 colognes (H 6 3/4 x W 3 x D 3 in.), 1 jar (H 5 1/2 x D 4 1/8 in.), 1 jar (H 3 1/2 x D 3 7/8 in.), 1 box (H 3 1/4 x W 5 x D 3 3/4 in.), and 1 box (H 3 x W 9 1/8 x D 3 1/4 in.).

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Sterling silver and clear-glass vanity set. Made by T. G. Hawkes & Co. in Corning, New York, ca. 1910. This tray comprises 1 powder jar, 2 rouge pots, and 1 scent bottle, all on tray.

All: cut reeding and latticework and acid-etched garlands and foliate scrolls. All vessels are rectilinear with straight sides and chamfered corners. The covers are flat with curved top, straight sides, and chamfered corners, and decorated with garlands and medallions in relief. The tray is rectangular with... Click for details

This is a beautiful American Sterling Silver and crystal vanity set decorated with fine quality guilloche enamel in a lovely shade of rose pink. It comprises 9 pieces, a hand mirror, and a hair brush a powder jar, a large perfume bottle, a bottom hook, a comb, a shoe horn, a nail file and a tray. The crystal is cut with an elegant design of flowers, leaves and bow all around the body. The enamel is adorned with a geometric motif giving to the set a special touch of elegance. The set is in... Click for details

This is a truly lovely 5-piece sterling silver dressing table set inset with superb quality guilloche enamel in a gorgeous shade of deeply saturated rose pink. Made by Charles S. Green in Birmingham. The set consists of a hand mirror, a hair brush, a comb, a clothes brush, a shoe horn and a button hook, all beautifully made and prettily decorated to the very highest standards. The streamlined elongated shapes of the mirror and the hair brush together with their elegantly tapering handles are... Click for details