Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Schick Repeating Razor
Object Number:
INV.11750a-k
Date:
1925-1940
Medium:
Brass, steel, other metal, cardboard
Dimensions:
box: 3/4 x 6 5/8 x 1 in. ( 1.9 x 16.8 x 2.5 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on plunger cap: "SCHICK" (below a pair of wings)
stamped: on lid of brass canister: "SCHICK" (below a pair of wings)
printed paper label: on brass canister: "20 SCHICK BLADES 7. . ."
stamped: on base of canister: "PATENTED / MAY 18 - 26"
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Description:
Razor with brass shaving head in line with cylindrical white metal handle, the latter containing a blade clip and plunger for loading blades into shaving head; in rectangular white cardboard box containing an eight-page instruction booklet and a smaller, lidless box with cylindrical brass blade canister (now emply) and two rusty steel blades; shaving head with white metal cap for storage.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Richard W. Meade, 1961
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
