Jewellery/Accessories: M0127

Title

Evelyn Laye's dressing mirror

Technique

Mixed media

Subject

Laye, Elsie Evelyn CBE

Date

c.1929

Dimensions

Height: 36.2cm
Width: 12cm
Depth: 1.7cm

Other materials

Glass mirror set in stainless steel

Inscription/signature

"TO OUR / DEAREST EVELYN LAYE / THE MOST CHARMING - GENEROUS - / AND / THOUGHTFUL LEADING LADY / A COMPANY COULD EVER HAVE. / FROM THE BITTER SWEET COMPANY / NEW YORK / 1929 1930" (engr: on verso)

Provenance

Bequeathed to the Garrick Club by Evelyn Laye, February 1992

Other number

Gift 987 [with SI0108]

The mirror frame and handle are chased with flowers and there is a design on the verso based on "EL".