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Rare Shaving Box, 18th Century American
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Antiques:
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Folk Art:
Pre 1800 item# 578304 (stock# b1004)
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Leslie Antiques Ltd.
(212)348-9073
SOLD
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This shaving box is a truly wonderful and unusual piece of Americana, and was used to hold and sharpen razors. It was not a common household object, and not many survived from the 18th century. Nina Fletcher Little discusses these charming boxes in her book, Neat and Tidy, and shows a similar example.
This particular example is made from birch, and has chip carved saw-tooth edges, and, on three sides, scribed designs. It has three sliding compartments, and also, amazingly, still retains it ...click for details
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