Razor box
Gillette Safety Razor Co.
Category
Toiletry
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, silk, velvet and linen
Measurements
40 x 53 mm; 91 mm (Length)
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 14339.1
Summary
A leather box lined with purple silk and velvet, for shaving tools. Damaged lid has been repaired with a linen strip. Marked on the base of the box: LIMITED LICENSE / the owner of the Patent 28/63 of 1902 have author- / ized the Sale of the Razor contained in this box upon the / express Conditions and limitations that it is not sold retail at a less price than one guinea, and when so sold / retail it shall be sold in the conditon in which it is deliv- / ered by the manufacturers. That is in a box containing one and eleven extra repair neither more nor / less and that no alteration either in way of addition, sub/stitution or subtraction shall have been made in the marks letters and figures impressed upon it for the pur- / pose of identification. And notice is given that any sale / in breach of this limited license will be treated as an un- /authorized and as constituting an infringement of the / said letter Patent / GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR Co. / KING....... GILLETTE President.
Provenance
purchase from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters
Makers and roles
Gillette Safety Razor Co., manufacturer