KittyT
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An update on the train case.... I found this info on Charles of the Ritz products and thought you might be interested in it.
"In 1916, coiffeur Charles Jundt took over the Manhattan beauty salon of the New York City Ritz-Carlton hotel. He founded his own cosmetics company in 1919, and in 1926, began marketing beauty products under the name "Charles of the Ritz". Perfume was added to this line in 1927.
In 1953, Charles of the Ritz launched Revenescence, a line of products aimed at ultra-dry skin. This line included cleansers, toners, creams, makeup and body care- essentially an entire range of the same formula. It was immensely successful and still yields high bids when it shows up on EBay to this day. As a deparment store line, it was in its heyday and had a high standing in upper end stores. He was said to have mocked Estee Lauder and her practice of free samples and gifts with purchase, saying "you will never go anywhere in this industry."
more on Charles of the Ritz at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_of_the_Ritz
Cream Revenescence is one of the products in this case, so that would put the case's date to sometime after 1953. Because of the opium-based products in the bottom of the case, I had assumed that it would date earlier than that.
"In 1916, coiffeur Charles Jundt took over the Manhattan beauty salon of the New York City Ritz-Carlton hotel. He founded his own cosmetics company in 1919, and in 1926, began marketing beauty products under the name "Charles of the Ritz". Perfume was added to this line in 1927.
In 1953, Charles of the Ritz launched Revenescence, a line of products aimed at ultra-dry skin. This line included cleansers, toners, creams, makeup and body care- essentially an entire range of the same formula. It was immensely successful and still yields high bids when it shows up on EBay to this day. As a deparment store line, it was in its heyday and had a high standing in upper end stores. He was said to have mocked Estee Lauder and her practice of free samples and gifts with purchase, saying "you will never go anywhere in this industry."
more on Charles of the Ritz at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_of_the_Ritz
Cream Revenescence is one of the products in this case, so that would put the case's date to sometime after 1953. Because of the opium-based products in the bottom of the case, I had assumed that it would date earlier than that.
