Vtg "Trickettes" By Wiesner Of Miami Pearl & Rhinestone Compact & Lipstick Set !

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Vintage "Trickettes" By Wiesner Of Miami Pearl & Rhinestone Compact & Lipstick Set w Original Boxes & Pouches
You'll love this one ! A c.1950s Wiesner of Miami "Trickettes" Compact & Lipstick Set with faux white pearls and sparkling rhinestones. In near pristine condition and ready for your vintage compact and lipstick collection .
* Everything is in New Old Stock (NOS) condition with
original
contents ,
original
storage pouches and
original
boxes !
* The gold plated compact measures 2-3/4" in diameter with (25) prong set rhinestones over a faux pearl base . The push button release works perfectly when opened and the interior features a clean glass mirror , original unused puff , sifter and full contents of powder .
* The lipstick holder measures 2-1/2" high x 7/8" in diameter and has the same design as the compact except that the front has (3) pearl ovals with (2) prong set rhinestones in each and (2) outer placed rhinestones separating the ovals . The rhinestone studded base turns to extend and retract the original lipstick inside and the mechanism works perfectly . Unsure of the red shade of lipstick inside !
* This ensemble comes complete with signed Wiesner gray felt storage pouches with clear plastic backings . The larger compact pouch has a split seam on one side (photo #11) that can easily be repaired if desired . It glues together . The lipstick pouch , however, is stitched and remains in excellent vintage condition . Both items come in their original Wiesner boxes with the larger compact box having a split seam on the side of box cover (photo #10) . The purple and pink lipstick box has normal shelf wear on the corners but is in otherwise very good condition . This is the perfect set for any Wiesner collector or other collectors of vintage compacts and lipsticks .
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Below is an interview by the the Vintage Purse Museum with the daughter of founder Joseph Wiesner of Wiesner of Miami . Enjoy !
The Vintage Purse Museum was fortunate to interview Susan Wiesner Blutter, daughter of Joseph Wiesner (1904-1963), the creator of Wiesner of Miami handbags and Trickettes by Wiesner purse accessories in the 1950s.
Despite some Internet conjecture, Susan confirmed that her father, though born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, is not the same person as, nor related to, the Joseph Wiesner of New York that designed costume jewelry around the same time period.
Her father did, however, move from Brooklyn to Manhattan, where he opened a costume jewelry shop inside the Taft Hotel (now called The Michelangelo), 152 W. 51
st
Street (former address 769 7th Ave.; same location, different entrance). It was there that the stunning Bertha “Bert” (1912-1990) Gross walked in one day. Joseph was immediately smitten and presented his future wife with a brooch. They married in 1935, and worked side-by-side at the jewelry store inside The Taft, but eventually decided to retire to Florida. They purchased a lovely home in the Di Lido Island neighborhood on the Venetian Causeway in Biscayne Bay, Miami Beach.
Feeling restless, Bert opened a small retail shop on Lincoln Rd. in Miami, where she sold costume jewelry and handbags.
Susan recalls that at some point her mother had a large inventory of Lucite handbags, but they weren’t selling. Her very creative father had the idea of bedazzling them with rhinestones. These brilliant bags were an instant hit, and sold out quickly.
By the early 1950s, Bert had closed her shop and Joseph started his Wiesner of Miami and Trickettes by Wiesner factory inside a building at 1811 Purdy St.
Joseph designed every item that bore his name. Even though he was very hands-on, he had a bad back, and sometimes had to be pushed around the factory in his rolling office chair so that he could supervise production while in pain.
Susan remembers the assembly line where employees would paste stones onto the mirror compacts, lipstick holders, cigarette cases, lighters, combs and more, including quirky items such as the pair of pliers in The Vintage Purse Museum’s collection.
Wiesner of Miami also made handbags and carryalls, but not as prolifically as the accessories, which were decorated with sparkling gems, rhinestones, faux pearls, cloisonné and other eye-catching bits and bobs. Susan would often visit the factory, which was just a few minutes from their home. She remembers the large vats of shining baubles, sheets of rhinestones and the paint that would eventually adorn products.
Joseph Wiesner passed away in 1963 at the young age of 59, and the factory was sold. (The location’s most recent incarnation was a nightclub.) Susan shares that the family had a standard poodle named "Trix," homage to “Trickettes by Wiesner,” the line that Joseph Wiesner likely had no idea would become desirable to accessory collectors and fashion aficionados more than sixty years later.
—The Vintage Purse Museum is grateful to Susan Wiesner Blutter for sharing her parents’ story.