Material composition? Correct name - dresser/vanity/boudoir box ?

The box says no more than what you see on the end label.
I suspect it held a brush and hand-mirror.

I am wondering if there was a specific name for these things that stood upright and opened forwards.

I don't think it can be called a trinket or jewelry box because of the specific
fitting under the interior lining.

Is it simply brown and silver paint over a stamped tin plate? It feels like a thin sheet of metal.
How old ?

It came well-protected in its box.

 

It says toilet case, but you could call it a vanity case.

 

I thought it odd it stood upright and opened forward, unlike most I saw.
Here's another pic that shows the thin metal around the side, nailed to the wood under the surface finishes. I think (hope) you can see how the metal (tin?) was prepared to take paint with very tiny grooves along the surface.

 

Hmmm,maybe it held a clock? I dont think Ive seen a drop front case like this either.

 

I have seen drop front vanity cases before, but they would hold small compartments, sometimes fold out compartments. This one doesn't look like it ever had those.

 

I now think it held 3 pieces, leaning less to a brush and mirror set.
I took a couple of photos with the drop-front opened.

 

I would guess 1960s. I don't think the metal is tin, it's held up very well.

 

Does anyone know if this could be thin silverplated copper?

 

Check it with a magnet.... looks like tin plated steel.

 

I can't feel any magnetic attraction. Still like to date it. Decided it held a comb and brush in the drop down front & a mirror held by that clip at the back.
Here's a differently shaped example, also a drop front by the looks, albeit one that seems it would have been precariously balanced (and is much fancier) with more compartments and two clasps.

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