MADELIN BETH:   Contemporary compacts.

MAJESTIC:  No definitive info.

MARGARET ROSE:  England.

MARHILL:  One of the leading manufacturers of mother of pearl compacts.

MARIE EARLE:  A cosmetic house.  Had their compact cases manufactured by another company.

MASCOT:  Trademark of AS Brown of England.   Manufacturing compacts as early as the 1940s and signed "ASB".  Began using the Mascot tradename in 1950.  Famous for compacts shaped as handbags which were done in the 1950s.  Absorbed the Kigu Co in 1977.  Continued producing compacts into the 1980s.  Eventually absorbed by the Stratton Co.

MASQUE:  Contemporary compacts.

MAVCO:  New York.  In operation at least during the 1940s.

MCCRAE & KEELER:  United States.  Manufacturing compacts as early as the 1930s.

MELISSA:  Trademark of Searchlight Products Ltd of Acton, London.  Began manufacturing in the early 1950s.

MONET:  American costume jewelry manufacturer.  Probably began a limited line of compacts in the 1940-1950 era.

MORNY:  England.  Manufacturing compacts as early as the 1920s.

NAPIER:  American costume jewelry manufacturer.  Probably began a limited line of compacts in the 1940-1950 era.

NORIDA:   No definitive info.

PALOMA PICASSO:   Well known name in jewelry design.  Contemporary compacts.

PLASSARD:   Paris, France.

PLATE':   United States.  In operation as early as the 1940s.  Famous for their plastic Trio-ettes which came in seven colors - ivory, ebony, carnelian, tortoise, briar rose, Nile green and Reuben blue.

PRINCESS MARCELLA BORGHESE:  Well known cosmetic house.   Wife of Prince Paola Borghese, the Duke of Bomarzo.  Started in 1958 with her own recipes as a subsidiary of Revlon.

PRINCESS PAT:  No definitive info.  This signature seen on some Art Deco compacts from 1930s.

PYGMALION:   England.  Manufacturing at least during the 1940s and 1950s.  Famous for their novelty compacts such as the globe which was done in 1951.

REGENT:  London, England.  This signature is found on comacts of the 1950s.  Very similar designs to Melissa compacts.

REX FIFTH AVENUE:  United States.  Manufacturing compacts at least during the 1940s and 1950s.  May be a connection to Dorset Fifth Avenue as there are many compacts and purses found with the Dorset-Rex Fifth Avenue signature.

RHOJAN:  Making compacts at least in the 1930s.

RICHARD HUDNUT:  American Company.  Manufacturing compacts as early as the 1920s.

RIMMEL:  England.  Manufacturing compacts as early as the 1920s.

ROBERT:  American costume jewelry designer.  Probably did a very limited line of compacts in the late 1940s to 1950s era.  Did several novelty designs such as a vanity table compact and a grand piano compact.

ROGER & GALLET:   Perfume house in Paris, France.

ROWENTA:  Germany.  Exporting compacts to the US and Great Britain as early as the 1930s.