{"product_id":"vintage-la-jaynees-makeup-compact-an-elegant-art-deco-piece-produced-by-the-w-t-rawleigh-company","title":"Vintage La Jaynees Powder Compact, Vermillion Red Ribbed Enamel, Art Deco Foliate Border, Rawleigh's Freeport Illinois, Original Puff, Fish-Scale Sifter, Mid-Century American","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoor-to-door. Freeport, Illinois. A compact you had to know someone to buy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLa Jaynees was a cosmetics sub-brand of the W.T. Rawleigh Company of Freeport, Illinois: a direct-sales operation that sent representatives door to door across mid-century America, selling household products, remedies, and personal care lines to customers who bought by relationship rather than by shop. La Jaynees compacts were part of that world. You did not find them on a counter. Someone brought this to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe compact is circular, large, and vivid: a flame vermillion red lacquered enamel exterior carrying bold parallel vertical ribbing across the entire face, the ribs deep and evenly spaced in a strong Art Deco linear pattern. Around the circumference runs a continuous raised foliate border, small botanical motifs repeating in a band at the rim. The La Jaynees name is embossed in italic serif script within a raised cartouche tablet at centre, flanked by two diagonal bars. The red enamel shows wear at the raised edges of the ribs, the gold-tone substrate visible at the high points across the face, noted and shown in the photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe interior is lined in deep cerise fabric and holds the original accessories: a warm gold-tone pressed metal sifter disc carrying an all-over fish-scale guilloche pattern of notable density and quality, and the original powder puff, a blush pink woven fabric disc with a crimped white chiffon frill border stitched in cerise running stitch and a small red ribbon pull tab. The inner rim carries the stamp: Rawleigh's \/ FREEPORT, ILL. The double-barrel hinge is clean and tight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Particulars:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrand: La Jaynees by W.T. Rawleigh Company; Rawleigh's \/ Freeport, Ill. stamp to inner rim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForm: Large circular powder compact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExterior: Vermillion red lacquered enamel with bold vertical ribbing; raised foliate border to rim; La Jaynees cartouche embossed to face; enamel wear to rib edges noted and shown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterior: Deep cerise fabric lining; gold-tone fish-scale guilloche sifter disc; original blush pink puff with white chiffon frill and red ribbon pull tab; double-barrel hinge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncluded: Original powder puff, original sifter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNot included: Slip, outer box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Good. Enamel wear to raised rib edges, gold-tone substrate visible at high points. Interior accessories original and intact. Please review all photos carefully before purchasing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrigin: American, W.T. Rawleigh Company, Freeport, Illinois\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeriod: Mid-century, 1940s-1950s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRawleigh's sold it. Someone's representative brought it to a door. It ended up here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArrives tucked inside its own treasure coffin and carefully wrapped as a vault relic, ready for gifting or keeping.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vaen’kai Vault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54934074458451,"sku":"VKVC-123","price":66.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1085\/2771\/4643\/files\/DSC_7712.jpg?v=1789324923","url":"https:\/\/vaenkaivault.com\/products\/vintage-la-jaynees-makeup-compact-an-elegant-art-deco-piece-produced-by-the-w-t-rawleigh-company","provider":"Vaen’kai Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}