International Vintage Sterling Vanity Set, C. 1950

This Gracious French Empire Style Vintage Sterling Silver Brush & Mirror Vanity Set was manufactured by the International Silver Company and is stamped INTERNATIONAL STERLING and dates approximately 1950. Both pieces are executed in a “shield” shape with ornate edge work and are hand chased with a two tone brush silver effect. The mirror is reticulated and beveled. Both brush and mirror have an engraved scroll and leaf design encompassing an area for a personalized monogram.  As to origin of country of this vanity set, International Sliver Company originated in USA in 1898 and eventually expanded into Canada prior to 1931, where they continued to use same trademarks without USA or CANADA stamped on them.          

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Such Sterling Silver Vanity Sets were very apropos for ladies of gentry during the turn of the century into the roaring twenties. Today they are symbolic of class and luxury simply by being an accessory that sits on the vanity table. 

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HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL SILVER COMPANY:

The International Silver Company was organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey on November 19, 1898. Within the next year, seventeen companies were purchased. By the early 1900’s, it had become a large industrial corporation. Its operations centered at Meriden, Connecticut, would prove to be the major producer of silver products in the United States. Their phenomenal success eventually led them into the Ontario region of Canada during the Edwardian Period where they commenced to expand the company by major takeovers of such companies as Standard Silver Co., Oneida and eventually Wm. Henry Rogers of Hamilton Ontario. By the 1960’s, International Silver Company had become a household name amongst the affluent. It was not uncommon to find a flatware silver service, a tea and coffee set or vanity set bearing the marks of this company in fine jewelry stores throughout Ontario

CONDITION: This sterling brush & mirror set is in fine condition. The mirror has a little clouding.

GENERAL CONDITION OF VANITY SETS:

Note that with many of these antique and vintage silverplate and sterling vanity sets, the mirrors on many occasions have slight imperfections such as cloudiness and/or spotting. Sometimes the mirror is slightly loose in its frame. Generally there is always some minor denting and slight surface scratching which is referred to as wear on many of these sets when found, possibly resulting from being dropped on the floor by its user.