straight razor; case; lid

Object/Artifact

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

straight razor; case; lid

Entry/Object ID

2015.013.027 a-c

Description

H.BOKER & CO straight razor and cardboard case with sticker marked $5.00 a) Straight razor, with square ended blade, pivots out from black plastic (bakelite?) handle. Blade has brass coloured "King Cutter" registered trade mark. Shaft reads "H.BOKER & CO/ SOLINGEN" with Boker tree trade mark logo. b) Case made of cardboard with friction fit lid at proper left end. "DOVO" and trademark stamped into cardboard which would have originally been covered with brown paper imitation leather. Hand-written in blue ink on a piece of white paper clear plastic taped to the back is "5.00". c) Case lid. Friction fit. Covered with brown paper imitation leather, with "SOLINGEN" stamped into cardboard.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Dignan, Barbara

Notes

Accession Date: 29-Apr-15 Mode of Acquisition: Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Razor, Straight

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Case, Razor

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Razor

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Product, Shaving

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Hair Care Objects

Nomenclature Class

Toilet Articles

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Class

Personal Objects - Toilet Articles - Hair Care Supplies

Created By

Silver, Christie; Jones Isabel

Create Date

May 28, 2016

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

March 1, 2024