Featured in this lot is a Rare Mandalian brand, Lamp Shade style design metal mesh purse with the patented "Lustro-Pearl" finish, circa 1920. Whiting & Davis and Mandalian "Flapper" styled purses were very popular in the 1920s and '30s. Mandalian metal mesh purses are especially prized by collectors due to their quality and rarity, and are known for the vibrancy of their colours even after one hundred years have elapsed since their manufacture. Many collectors consider the enameling on Mandalian bags as superior to other makes. The owner of Mandalian Mfg. Co. was a Turkish man named Sahatiel Garabed Mandalian. Mandalian was a prolific inventor with many patented designs registered to him. He emigrated from Turkey to the United States of America in 1898. In 1906 Mandalian entered into partnership with Eugene A. Hawkins. At this time the firm was known as Mandalian & Hawkins. On November 7 1912 the partners applied to register patent no.1087941. This application referred to the design of a machine for making coat of mail fabric. The inventor was George Gos. All three men are listed as residing in North Attleboro in the county of Bristol, Massachusetts. Mandalian metal mesh purses are especially prized by collectors due to their quality and rarity, and are known for the vibrancy of their colours even after one hundred years have elapsed since their manufacture. Many collectors consider the enameling on Mandalian bags as superior to other makes. Some collectors state that connecting ‘spiders’ are stronger & thicker than the other brands of this time which means they are more sound & less likely to break. Mandalian's Turkish origins can be seen expressed in many of the designs which grace the elegant bags and purses which his firm crafted. The colours and design of this purse are stunning, the "fish scale" appearance is striking. The metal "rope" carrying chain was also a patented design. The mouth metal has a Victorian scroll embossed design with a "kissing" lock closure. 'Mandalian MFG CO' is stamped on the inside frame of the opening. No marring noted, the gold tone is still visible, measures 3.75"W x 7.25"L approximately.