1945.9.1.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Pair of razors [.1, .2] in leather-covered case [.3] with lid [.4]. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 24/08/2010]

Long description

Pair of razors [.1, .2] in leather-covered case [.3] with lid [.4]. The handle of one razor [.1] has 'L. 2' scratched into it. The blade of the other razor [.2] has 'C. Smith' scratched into it. The case and lid are made of cardboard, covered with black leather. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 24/08/2010]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England

Cultural groups

European

Person

Maker Stevens

Field collector Henry Balfour

PRM source Henry Balfour

Date / Period

Date made: 1700-1899

Date collected

?By 1939

Acquisition information

Found unentered: 1945

Materials and processes

Material Animal Horn, Material Steel Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Paper Plant, Process Stamped, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Machine-made, Process Covered

Dimensions

Length: max 150 mm, Length: max 170 mm, Length: max 150 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1945.9.1.1 Accession number: 1945.9.1.2 Accession number: 1945.9.1.3 Accession number: 1945.9.1.4

Research and responses

In a sale catalogue for a sale at Stevens on 25 June 1918 [copy in the Balfour papers, PRM ms collections) there is an item, '121 Stamped and coloured leather razor-case a very early and interesting specimen ...' It is possible that this item is that item. The item is marked '18/- in pencil. If it is this item then Edward Bidwell had previously owned it [AP 31/10/2005]

These razors are as likely to have been used in England as in any other part of the British Isles and I have therefore included it in the English ethnography project [AP 25/07/2006]

Search terms: Toilet, Box, Razor, Toilet Article