Razor

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OBJECT TYPE: MANUAL/SAFETY
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0982.001

MANUFACTURER: GILLETTE
MODEL: Milady Décolletée
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL, POSSIBLY BRASS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 6.5 cm
Width: 4.0 cm
Height: 2.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Domestic Technology
Category: Toilet article
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: GILLETTE
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: USED C.1920 AND FOR MANY YEARS AFTER
Canada: This was used in Vancouver, B.C around 1920 and later. It was then used by the donor in Ottawa.
Function: used to cut hair.
Technical: According to the donor, this razor was in an ivory case which would be congruent with how the Milady Decolletée was sold in the 1920s. It was the first razor for women being sold during the first world war. It was “small and curved to better fit the armpit” and was being sold because of sleeveless fashion at the time [Ref 1. pg 124]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: STAMPED 'TRADE Gillette MARK' & 'Made in Canada'
Missing: BLADES
Finish: BRASS COLOUR
Decoration: HANDLE HAS SLIGHTLY INDENTED CROSS-HATCH PATTERN

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GILLETTE, Razor, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1995.0982, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1995.0982.001/

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