MEYER BROS.VANITY CASE

MEYER BROS VANITY CASE

ALL BRASS CASE
MADE IN USA
1938'S
BELIEVE THIS TO BE A RARE BIRD
NO INFORMATION OR SIMILAR UNITS
 FOR SALE ON INTERNET

HEART AND VINE BORDER CHASING
THE INCISED VERTICAL LINES HAVE A RANDOM
 STYLISED BIRDS IN FLIGHT
 INFILL

PUSH BUTTON LATCH
VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN
GREAT PATINA TO BRASS

BUTT STYLE HINGE
CASE 64 MM X 25 MM
LID DEPTH 12 MM
BASE DEPTH 13 MM

VANITY CASE BY MEYER BROS.
ROUGE MOUNTED ON 32 MM GLASS GODET
52 MM WOOL PUFF WITH
 OLD GOLD SHANTUNG LOOK BACKING 

DOUBLE SIDED NON MAGNIFIED MIRROR
METAL/ALLOY BASE 61 MM GODET
REMAINS OF
PINK PRESSED POWDER

PATENT APPLIED FOR SCRIPT
THE SPRING LOADED DISCS ARE FOR CHANGE
THE COINS USED
 1 CENT ALSO KNOWN AS A PENNY 19.05 MM     
AND  5 CENT KNOWN AS NICKLE 21.20 MM     

MEYER BROS DRUG SCRIPT
MEYER DRUG/PHARMACEUTICAL STARTED BUSINESS
FORT WAYNE INDIANA IN 1852
THE BUSINESS GREW IN RAPID SUCCESSION TO BECOME ONE OF AMERICAS TOP
SUPPLIERS OF PRODUCT.
THE COMPANY BECAME FOX MEYER HEALTH IN JULY 1981
REF:WIKIPEDIA

BASE AND LID ARE MIRROR IMAGE PATTERN
THE CARTOUCHE'S ARE BLANK
THE RESULT IS NOT PERFECT
 HOWEVER VERY PLEASED

CASE WAS IN VERY POOR CONDITION
WHEN PURCHASED
 LOTS OF CLEANING USING NON ABRASIVE
 AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS

BEFORE THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT
 MOVED TO SPECIALISED STORES
THEY WERE SOLD BY DRUG/CHEMIST STORES
THIS WAS A NATURAL PROGRESSION FOR 
MEYER BROS TO SUPPLY DRUG/CHEMISTS STORES
AS THEY WERE ALREADY ESTABLISHED CUSTOMERS

INTERIOR WAS ALSO IN POOR CONDITION

THIS CASE MOST LIKELY MANUFACTURED
FOR MEYER BROS.
FROM OUTSIDE SUPPLIER
USING THEIR PATENT NUMBER