Here on...Stratton Of England Ladies powder compacts,ladies cigarette cases,ladies portable ashtrays we have:- A Pair of good old fashion Carnations on this Compact and case,our ladies love them & these on a crisp white background they really do stand proud.A Fantastic choice and design which would look devine in any ladies hand.
These two cases look absolutely beautiful together,A Pair for a Queen Maybe?..No they belong to me,and thats where they are staying....but would have adorned any ladies handbag.
Well this case really is unusual,i have not seen one before and it's use of colours must put in the Retro era .........I like it......whether or not the ladies liked it in it's hey day is another thing.
This Stunning scene by a waterfall,as two angels watch over this happy couple,truly delightfully.
I would love dearly to find the Ashtray to match !!
This Stratton compact was purchased to match my cigarette case in the same design,the cobalt blue flowered design on a white background,with an outer Colbalt blue circle and gold band design,again no Reg.Des number....so if anyone can date it for me i would appreciate this.
The Gorgeous Stratton compact has not a got a Reg Design number,But the Cigarette Case compact that matches the design has a Reg Des number of 886136 which puts the Cigarette case to the year cerca 1957, But i really don't know if this Powder compact would be earlier or later.Even so a beautiful compact with glorious white Rose design on a Bluish grey background,and the rest of the compact is in Engine turned gold coloured metal.It has the Stratton of England Stamp to the rear.
A beautiful Case with an Enameled lime green background,swirling Red,Green,& Blue type Berries,maybe a cherry or even holly Berries,Even so this is a beautiful designed case, and the colours are really amazing together.
Where do i start and where do keep my gorgeous collection of Stratton Memorabillia
Well the first large consideration when starting a collection, is where do you keep it, how large will it become, and will it just hang around collecting dust, which really is going to reduce its appeal to yourself and others, which in turn looses it`s value. Do you hide it from those none desirables in society that want to have all that we have, and at any cost, or do you put it on show for the world to see( was that not the reason why you wanted to own a collection? Yes of course it was) So It is going to go on show!!...........BUT WHERE....I will share that with you, when you have had chance to view more cases.
A Great eBay tale !! But a very true Story
Stratton Cases come with a fantastic amount of Enameled Fronts, consisting of themes, scenes,birds, flowers,and Characters, and some to match the Era in which they were made, and i have only been collecting these for the past year and now it is 2006, and i always have a rush of blood when i see a case that i have not yet seen or collected, this one was one of those blood rushes, in fact i was on the edge of my seat waiting to see if i could win the bid on eBay to rescue this case to my collection.I waited seven days and watched in anticipation,watching and waiting to see if i was the lucky bidder, for three days i held my bid of just fourteen UK pounds,and this only after i had taken the bid of someone El's in the race for this beautiful case.It did not take me long to feel bad about the whole situation, as i had lost the bid to another bidder coming from the United States.I tried to take on a bid almost immediately, and unfortunately for me the bid went higher and higher until i was the highest bidder once again, but it was Higher than i wanted to pay, and only for one reason as i really did not know how much to pay for something i had only paid a few small UK Pounds for before, i needed to know how much they were worth, i tried to find websites on collecting Strattons, and the only indication i could find was for the Ladies Make-up compacts, and these were being sold for some small amounts of Money, to very large amounts of money, in fact a lot more than i was paying for this cigarette case.Anyway the moral of the story was Hey i Wanted that case badly and i would pay for it, like this other person would pay for it, so it must have been worth at least that much to me, as it was to them. Guess what YES i WON the BID..........Yes it was 26 UK Pounds, but I do really really like it and it stands proud in my collection...........Was i right to pay that much for it...........well i think i was !! Don't you?
