Razor
- Object Name:
- Razor
- Object ID:
- 1968.042.19.1 - .2
- Creator:
- Reynolds, Frederick
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Sheffield, England
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Two straight razors together in one case.
.01. Bone-handled razor, brass oval insert in one side. Rounded steel blade, 0.875" wide, with shaped, heavy shank, scooped, narrow end. Impressed on shank, "N & S / REFINED-STEEL".
.02. Bone-handled razor, bone broken in two on one side, break repaired other side. End of handle repaired with wood. Narrow, rounded blade with shaped shank. Impressed on one side of shank, "CLARK & HALL / [CAST] STEEL".
Pasteboard case, embossed "FREDERICK REYNOLDS / MANUFACTURER / SHEFFIELD". - Material:
- Metal
Skeletal
Paper
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-1.4 L-6.9 D-0.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a collection of objects that belonged to the Peirce family of Rindge, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Gladys Woods Randall
- People:
- Randall, Gladys L. (1890-1974)
- Subjects:
- Shaving equipment, Shaving
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