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<p>[QUOTE="cxgirl, post: 313084, member: 63"]cluttered your spotting the other marks has helped me - I'm blown away that you could see them, I have it in hand and didn't even though I had looked closely - thank-you<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>if you don't know the maker then it will almost impossible to find bakers, thank-you for looking<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I've been searching on and off all day, the only sterling Stratton compacts I've found have full British Hallmarks and I didn't find any that were made elsewhere and imported to Britain for Stratton. In the 1920s compacts were imported partly finished from the USA, called Stratnoid, I found a few of those but they were made of metal/chrome and had registration numbers on them. From a couple of sites that discuss how to date/ID Stratton compacts, they show the different bottoms that were used but the pattern on mine wasn't shown. I also found compacts with this shape but made by other companies. I'll do some more searching tomorrow but now leaning towards the puff has been added to the compact and not original.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cxgirl, post: 313084, member: 63"]cluttered your spotting the other marks has helped me - I'm blown away that you could see them, I have it in hand and didn't even though I had looked closely - thank-you:) if you don't know the maker then it will almost impossible to find bakers, thank-you for looking:) I've been searching on and off all day, the only sterling Stratton compacts I've found have full British Hallmarks and I didn't find any that were made elsewhere and imported to Britain for Stratton. In the 1920s compacts were imported partly finished from the USA, called Stratnoid, I found a few of those but they were made of metal/chrome and had registration numbers on them. From a couple of sites that discuss how to date/ID Stratton compacts, they show the different bottoms that were used but the pattern on mine wasn't shown. I also found compacts with this shape but made by other companies. I'll do some more searching tomorrow but now leaning towards the puff has been added to the compact and not original.[/QUOTE]
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