AUSTRALIAN THEME COMPACTS

A WONDERFUL CLIMBING ROSE
ROSEBUD
WITH EXTREME THORNS

AUSSIE!AUSSIE!AUSSIE!OI!OI!OI!
KIGU GLORIA SERIES 52 REPRESENTING TASMANIA
THE LARGER COMPACT HAS NO MAKERS LOGO
I BELIEVE IT COULD BE AN EARLY  KIGU 

BLUE ENAMEL AS BACKGROUND WITH THE STYLISED SHIELD FOR 6 STATES
THE BORDER OF THE SHIELD REPRESENTS FEDERATION 1901
THE GOLDEN WATTLE TO THE LEFT IS THE NATIONAL FLORAL EMBLEM
THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND CANBERRA ARE  NOT INCLUDED HOWEVER
THEIR CAPITAL CITIES ARE, E.G. DARWIN AND CANBERRA


ORIGINAL SIFTER FOR LOOSE POWDER
FRAMED MIRROR
MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN
ALL GOLD TONE CASE

DOMED 1930'S DESIGN TO CASE
85 MM X 14 MM X 9 MM
89 MM WITH OVERHANG
THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT REPRESENTED
  HAS NOT BEEN USED SINCE 1988 FOR THE PEOPLE



SWIRL DIAMOND BASE
THIS DESIGN ON BASE VERY SIMILAR TO KIGU
SOME VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO GOLD TONE

GOLD TONE COMPACT WITH MAIN TOWNS/CITIES
OF TASMANIA
ORIGINALLY VAN DIEMAN'S LAND

FRAMED MIRROR
KIGU LOGO ON INNER LID FOR LOOSE POWDER
DOMED CASE
 72 MM X 14 MM X 7 MM
ALMOST A SMALL FLAPJACK

ALL GOLD TONE CASE AND INTERIOR
PLASTIC OR ENAMEL FINISHED INNER WELL
MADE IN ENGLAND
PATENTED


ORIGINAL CONDITION OF UNIT

INCISED CIRCLES LEADING TO OUTER EDGE
THIS HAS BEEN A WELL USED UNIT
SOME DAMAGE TO GOLD TONE
ON LID AND BASE
1950'S KIGU CATALOGUE

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