Bidspirit auction | Gilt Vanity & Larkin Soap

Gilt Vanity & Larkin Soap Ephemera - A collection of mid-century vanity accessories and early 20th-century advertising ephemera. The lot includes a hand mirror featuring a gilt metal frame with scrolled foliate motifs and a fluted handle. The reverse displays a petit point needlework panel under a protective cover, depicting a floral bouquet with a central pink rose. A blue and gold label on the mirror face reads Matson FIFTH AVENUE. Several hair brushes are present with translucent amber-toned plastic backs, stamped with MOHAWK 202 MADE IN U.S.A. and featuring black and white bristles. The lot contains oval mirrors or vanity trays set in ornate gilt metal frames with pierced floral and foliate borders and velvet-covered reverse sides. The paper ephemera comprises advertising material for the Larkin Soap Mfg. Co. of Buffalo, N.Y., including an illustrated poem titled A Tale of the Larkin Soaps and a story brochure titled How Margaret Earned a Beautiful Solid Oak, Chautauqua Desk featuring an illustration of The Chautauqua Desk.