Milady's Vanity

Milady's Vanity Beautiful antique and vintage lady's vanity items from compacts to gorgeous beaded purses, perfume bottles, opera glasses, vanity sets, and so much more!

Announcing brand new checkout options through Square. You can now buy any item with credit card, Google Pay, Apple Pay,...
11/25/2025

Announcing brand new checkout options through Square. You can now buy any item with credit card, Google Pay, Apple Pay, Cash App or AfterPay! This will make buying SO much easier and give you many choices of payment. This update has been a long time coming and I'm relieved that I have finally completed the switch. And now through end of year, I have a 10% off sale going on. Check details at the top of every page. PLEASE visit and enjoy. Pieces I offer should be in museums they are so gorgeous. Own a bit of history and a work of art ... everything is either vintage or antique, I don't sell anything new.

Have a WONDERFUL holiday season and stay safe!

One of the many stunning beaded purses I am offering for sale on my site, MiladysVanity.com. Just think ... this beauti...
09/29/2025

One of the many stunning beaded purses I am offering for sale on my site, MiladysVanity.com. Just think ... this beautiful scene is made up of thousands upon thousands of microsopic tiny glass beads of myriad colors. Truly a work of art!

Italian Sterling Vermeil Compact by Bellini Featuring Painting by Nicholas Lancret "Birdcage" Dated 1740 in Original Jew...
10/21/2024

Italian Sterling Vermeil Compact by Bellini Featuring Painting by Nicholas Lancret "Birdcage" Dated 1740 in Original Jewelers Box

This beautiful compact features a hand-painted rendition of Nicholas Lancret's "Birdcage" painting originally done in 1740. The compact is still in the original jeweler's box fromU. Bellini silversmith in Firenze (Florence), Italy. The gold gilt on this compact is like the day it was made ... absolutely beautiful! In fact, the compact has never been used and still retains the original powder screen and a tiny pink feather puff in perfect condition. There is a lovely beveled mirror in the lid in excellent condition as well. The enameling is near mint with only a few very small scratches (not even sure how that happened since it has been inside this box) visible when held to the light. Measures approximately 2-3/4" x 2-1/4"; box is 3-1/4" square.

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Figural Beaded Purse "La Camargo Dancing" Painting by Nicolas Lancret Micro-Beaded Purse with Fabulous Double-Sided Jewe...
10/21/2024

Figural Beaded Purse "La Camargo Dancing" Painting by Nicolas Lancret Micro-Beaded Purse with Fabulous Double-Sided Jeweled Frame with Lapis Jeweled Clasp

This lovely purse features another rendition of the ever-popular "La Camargo Dancing" painting done by Nicolas Lancret in 1730. The purse is identical on both front and back but with the couple reversed on the other side. There is no "front" or "back" as the frame is the same on both sides so you can display the purse in whichever orientation you prefer. The frame is extremely detailed with dozens of teeny little jewels ... too many for my old eyes to count ... and a lapis jeweled kiss clasp. That being said, there may be a tiny stone missing here and there but all of the largest, most visible ones are there. The bottom is finished in a lovely multi-colored intertwined looped fringe in several colors from the purse. Interior is a very pretty taupe color with pretty matching braided trim in excellent condition. Now for the apologies: there is a section along the side edge that has a repair that is fairly obvious but from a distance is not objectionable. It is a bit fragile and looks better on one side than the other. Based on that, I am pricing this purse at my cost as I have enjoyed it long enough in my collection. Bear in mind that if this purse was in perfect condition, with the double-sided jeweled frame, it would easily be twice as much. Measures 6-1/4" wide x 11-1/4" long from top of clasp to bottom of fringe.

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Antique Figural Beaded Purse with Lushly Ornate Jeweled Frame & Crown Jeweled Clasp Possibly Nicolas Lancret's "Nicaise"...
07/09/2022

Antique Figural Beaded Purse with Lushly Ornate Jeweled Frame & Crown Jeweled Clasp Possibly Nicolas Lancret's "Nicaise" just listed for sale. Rare one-of-a-kind hand-knit beaded purse.

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