19thc Scrimshaw Cuttlers Straight Razor. English. C1840-60.
Code: MS sold
Dimensions:
W: 6" (15.2 cm)H: 0.9" (2.3 cm)D: 0.2" (0.5 cm)
SOLD
A rare piece of social history is this superb Scrimshaw "cutthroat" razor, belonging to a Sailor who was a Whaler from Hull...it is beautifully engraved with two Whales on one side...and a Whaling Ship and Whaling scene on the other...it is signed W.Wells Hull. The razor is made by the Cutler to his Majesty, Joseph Rodgers, No 6, Norfolk Street, Sheffield.
