Vintage Mortician’s Make-Up Kit
Vintage morticians make up kit with makeup items used in preparing the deceased. The kit includes basic, modern items like Wet-n’-Wild lipstick and Cover Girl powders but also includes tools, wound concealer and flesh toned powders specific to use by morticians and embalmers. The showstopper is a vintage bottle of Dermatol Cosmetic Powder (1920’s/1930’s).
Vintage morticians make up kit with makeup items used in preparing the deceased. The kit includes basic, items like Wet-n’-Wild lipstick and Cover Girl powders but also includes used tools, wound concealer and flesh toned powders specific to use by morticians and embalmers. The showstopper is a vintage bottle of Dermatol Cosmetic Powder.
4 3/8" tall Dermatol Cosmetic Powder Shaker Tin, from L.M. WEINER, manufactured by Embalmers Specialties, 32 Chestnut St., Rochester N.Y.
Front of the label says:
"Dermatol
Cosmetic Powder
For the embalmers' use,
Colors: Pink, Ivory, Flesh
IVORY
L. M. WEINER & Sons
Manufacturers of
Embalmers Specialties
32 Chestnut St.,
Rochester N.Y.
Sale by all Jobbers and Fluid Houses or by mail".
Condition: As seen in the photos, the paper label is complete with a very old patina. The tin also has a very old patina, with gold plate loss, but there are no cracks, or holes. (Aprox 1925/1930)
Procured from a defunct funeral home in New Hampshire .
Vintage morticians make up kit with makeup items used in preparing the deceased. The kit includes basic, modern items like Wet-n’-Wild lipstick and Cover Girl powders but also includes tools, wound concealer and flesh toned powders specific to use by morticians and embalmers. The showstopper is a vintage bottle of Dermatol Cosmetic Powder (1920’s/1930’s).
Vintage morticians make up kit with makeup items used in preparing the deceased. The kit includes basic, items like Wet-n’-Wild lipstick and Cover Girl powders but also includes used tools, wound concealer and flesh toned powders specific to use by morticians and embalmers. The showstopper is a vintage bottle of Dermatol Cosmetic Powder.
4 3/8" tall Dermatol Cosmetic Powder Shaker Tin, from L.M. WEINER, manufactured by Embalmers Specialties, 32 Chestnut St., Rochester N.Y.
Front of the label says:
"Dermatol
Cosmetic Powder
For the embalmers' use,
Colors: Pink, Ivory, Flesh
IVORY
L. M. WEINER & Sons
Manufacturers of
Embalmers Specialties
32 Chestnut St.,
Rochester N.Y.
Sale by all Jobbers and Fluid Houses or by mail".
Condition: As seen in the photos, the paper label is complete with a very old patina. The tin also has a very old patina, with gold plate loss, but there are no cracks, or holes. (Aprox 1925/1930)
Procured from a defunct funeral home in New Hampshire .
Vintage morticians make up kit with makeup items used in preparing the deceased. The kit includes basic, modern items like Wet-n’-Wild lipstick and Cover Girl powders but also includes tools, wound concealer and flesh toned powders specific to use by morticians and embalmers. The showstopper is a vintage bottle of Dermatol Cosmetic Powder (1920’s/1930’s).
Vintage morticians make up kit with makeup items used in preparing the deceased. The kit includes basic, items like Wet-n’-Wild lipstick and Cover Girl powders but also includes used tools, wound concealer and flesh toned powders specific to use by morticians and embalmers. The showstopper is a vintage bottle of Dermatol Cosmetic Powder.
4 3/8" tall Dermatol Cosmetic Powder Shaker Tin, from L.M. WEINER, manufactured by Embalmers Specialties, 32 Chestnut St., Rochester N.Y.
Front of the label says:
"Dermatol
Cosmetic Powder
For the embalmers' use,
Colors: Pink, Ivory, Flesh
IVORY
L. M. WEINER & Sons
Manufacturers of
Embalmers Specialties
32 Chestnut St.,
Rochester N.Y.
Sale by all Jobbers and Fluid Houses or by mail".
Condition: As seen in the photos, the paper label is complete with a very old patina. The tin also has a very old patina, with gold plate loss, but there are no cracks, or holes. (Aprox 1925/1930)
Procured from a defunct funeral home in New Hampshire .