English STERLING SIVER & ENAMEL COMPACT Navy Fleet Air Arms Regimental CREST, c. 1955

This is a beautiful, round, sterling and enamel compact featuring a deep cobalt blue enamel on silver top, and a machined sterling silver back. The centre of the enamel is surmounted with a sterling military crest consisting of a fouled anchor in a wreath of laurel, framed by albatross wings and surmounted by a crown.  This is the regimental crest of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arms.

The interior is fitted with a round, inset mirror in a sterling frame inside the lid, and a removable silk mesh powder screen finished with a cream-coloured velvet band.

The case opens and shuts with a pressure clasp which works perfectly.

This would be a wonderful and unusual gift for a female member of the FAA, or for someone who collects FAA memorabilia. It would also make a gorgeous addition to a collection of compacts!

Marked:  Assayed beneath the interior powder screen, on the inside bottom of the case, for sterling, Birmingham, 1955.  Raised letters, “JWB” in impressed diamonds; the maker’s mark for John William Barrett, a manufacturing jeweller in Birmingham (pictured).

Measures:  Dimensions:  3″ in diameter.