Powder boxes were often sent by men as a token of love to the women they admired. Aside from tea and sweets, compacts were also given as gifts to friends and relatives. One chapter from Chinese ...

I found this charming La Bara face powder box at a compact collectors convention held in Las Vegas in the late 1990s. There was little interest in cosmetics ephemera at that time, at least at the ...

Pretty in pink, and adorned with a stunning blonde in a classic pin-up pose, the Mannings stockings box piqued my interest about 10 years ago. I almost passed on it, because it was such a departure ...