Exquisite vintage French 18K rose gold and sterling silver powder compact. Inset with an 18K rose gold center hand engraved with birds on a floral branch, each set with ruby eyes, and surrounded by ruby cabochons. The silver body with a ribbed paneled motif. The clasp is also rose gold channel set with five square rubies. Opening to reveal a beveled mirror and original powder sifter. The compact measures 3 1/4" length x 2 3/4" width (2 13/16" measuring with the clasp) x 3/8" deep. Silver and gold weight is 132 grams, weighed without the mirror and sifter. In overall good vintage used condition, with general wear commensurate with age and use. One square ruby is missing from the clasp as shown. Thoroughly hallmarked. Located behind the mirror is the conjoined boar and eagle head. Starting from 1829, items made of both gold and silver were stamped with a conjoined boar’s and eagle’s head, indicating a composition of 18K gold and silver of a minimum finesse of .800/1000. To the interior of the powder well, is the French Minerve 1st standard mark indicating a silver content of .950/1000 silver. Bearing maker's marks for silversmith and jeweler Robert Rose, initials RR with a symbol of a rose with leaves, active from 1931 at 8 rue Volta, Paris. Retailer label located on the mirror frame is for the luxury Parisian jewelry store of Jean Chanteloup.