Vintage Clip-On Lipstick Mirror | Porcelain Courting Scene Plaque | Gold Tone Flip Mirror | Mid-Century | 2" | Mirror Chip & Yellowed Glue
$15.00
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Vintage Clip-On Lipstick Mirror | Porcelain Courting Scene Plaque | Gold Tone Flip Mirror | Mid-Century | 2" | Mirror Chip & Yellowed Glue
$15.00
It looks like a ring, but it has a different job. This vintage clip-on lipstick mirror was made to wrap around a tube of lipstick, so a lady could flip up the mirror and touch up her lips anywhere. The top is a shield-shaped porcelain plaque decorated with a courting scene: two ladies in pink and blue gowns and a gentleman playing a mandolin in a garden, all framed in gold-tone metal.
The band on the back is the clip. It has an engraved geometric pattern and little star-shaped cutouts, it adjusts to fit, and it is hinged to the frame. Flip it open and the back of the plaque is a mirror. Clip-on lipstick mirrors were a purse staple of the 1940s and 1950s, and this one likely dates to the 1950s or 1960s.
Clip it to your favorite lipstick, keep it in a makeup bag or add it to a collection of vintage compacts and vanity pieces.
Condition: Good vintage condition with flaws to note. The mirror has a chip in one corner. The glue under the porcelain plaque has yellowed with age and shows around the edge of the plaque. The gold-tone finish has light wear and a few small spots. Please look closely at all photos, as they are part of the description.
Details:
- Material: Gold-tone metal, porcelain and mirror glass
- Colors: gold-tone with pink, blue, green and yellow
- Size: 2" x 2"
- Fit: adjustable clip band, made to hold a lipstick tube
- Opens: the band flips open on a hinge to show the mirror
- Era: mid-century, likely 1950s to 1960s
- Condition: Good; chip in one corner of the mirror, yellowed glue around the plaque and light wear to the gold-tone finish
Styling props shown in photos are not included.