Trio of 1900s Vantiy Cases

FMCO - Finberg Manufacturing Co.

 Excellent article about FMCO here: http://collectingvintagecompacts.blogspot.com/2011/05/finberg-manufacturing-company-legacy-of.html

DFB Co. D.F. Briggs, best known for its line of "Carmen" expansion bracelets

Unmarked

Excellent blog post about enamel terms: http://www.kcenamels.com/what_is_enameling.html

Screenshot of 1925 patent by the D.F. Briggs Co., from Google patents: https://www.google.com/patents/US1572850

List of makers from Attleboro, MA, where many compacts and vanity cases were made: https://www.tri-stateantiques.com/compman.html


· Thu, Oct 8, 1925 – 27 · Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii) · Newspapers.com · Sat, Oct 17, 1925 – Page 13 · The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com · Thu, Nov 28, 1929 – Page 24 · Palladium-Item (Richmond, Indiana) · Newspapers.com · Thu, Dec 15, 1927 – Page 10 · The Winnipeg Tribune (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) · Newspapers.com · Tue, Jun 7, 1927 – Page 7 · The Wilkes-Barre Record (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com · Sun, Apr 23, 1916 – Page 3 · The Courier (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com · Sun, Nov 17, 1912 – 46 · Evening Star (Washington, District of Columbia) · Newspapers.com