Marie? Is it she?

Sorry! It's not Marie Antoinette, but it IS a lady from Marie's era! For PINK SATURDAY this week I am showing off this china box that sits on my mom's dresser. She keeps safety pins, loose buttons and such in it. It has no markings to tell who or where it was made, and no one is sure of how old it is, but my mother and aunt both remember it being on my grandmother's dresser when they were children, so it's definitely pre-WWII.Here's an interestingly gross fact: The white makeup that Marie and others of her era used on their faces often contained quinine or lead in small quantities. Those that over-mixed or over-used their cosmetics sometimes died from their skin absorbing the poison. Now here's the gross part...Many people got deep pits on their skin from the lead and quinine, which they covered up with the false beauty spots that then became so popular! A fake mole was more attractive than a pit! Think about that the next time you consider putting on a beauty patch.
Go and enjoy the pink offerings from Beverly and the other Pink Saturday participants. I'm sure no one else will try to gross you out!