Toiletries Circa 1930, House "au Départ"

Superb toiletry kit from the house "Au Départ", 29 avenue de l'Opéra Paris. This prestigious luggage store, created in the 1840s, was first located on rue de Denain, near the Gare du Nord. Anxious to get closer to the upscale clientele of the new neighborhoods, a new boutique was opened on Avenue de l'Opéra, offering luxury luggage and travel accessories. In the 1920s, his prestige earned him the opportunity to be selected to appear in Pan, a magazine that selected the hundred most luxurious boutiques in Paris. After moving closer to the Moynat house, to deal with the crisis following the war, the shop closed in 1965. The toiletries were among the finest creations of these houses, calling on numerous trades and precious materials. The necessary items are packed in a small blond pecari suitcase, trimmed with black Russian leather. The bottles are made of crystal, the caps are made of silver. It is a man's accessory, as shown by the razor box, the shaving brush and the cylinder box for the bar of shaving soap, all these elements are also in solid silver, hallmarked with a neck brace. The brushes are made of ivory, and we have a mirror, a small jewelry box, and a set of accessories (manicure, shoehorn, shoelace pull, penknife, corkscrew (for bottles of perfume) hook for the mirror) perfectly complete and original. All parts are priced by the customer AP. The customer had ordered at the same time a kit for the care of his shoes and an additional box with brushes and a silver number shoehorn. These two supplements are sold with the main kit so as not to separate them. With this you are ready to board the Normandy...