BellaSugar posted pictures of some truly amazing vintage compacts today, dating from the 1920s through the '50s. The detail on some of them was astonishing, and the materials they were made out of – Bakelite, sterling silver, to name a few – are definitely something you don't see nowadays. I just wish the authors had specified where they found these beauties and roughly how much they cost!
(image from bellasugar.com)