Shaving Sets

Dateca. 1829

Terms

Shaving Sets
Metal
Velvet
Ivory
Leather
Paper
Satinwood
England

Dimensions17.77 × 10.15 cm (7 × 4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Miss Mary Leighton, in memory of Mrs. Eliza Leighton Barrett (1938)

Object numberPER1844

DescriptionMen's shaving set in a box of satinwood. The box is lined with shiny silver paper and purple velvet. All articles have ivory handles. The set contains a nail file in a leather holder, a small shaving brush, scissors, a pair of tweezers with a rounded end to scoop out wax from ears, a razor, a buttonhook, a cork screw, and a pen knife with a ring on the top (probably not the original knife). The kit is stored in it's original pasteboard box with a white paper exterior and green label on the lid. Manufactured by Tho. Renshaw & Son, Sheffield, England.