Lot 168 | Bijouterie & Cabinet Sale | Wilkinsons Auctioneers Doncaster

Lot 168

An 18th Century Travelling Shaving Set. The fitted interior housing four folding cut-throat razors with white metal mounted tortoiseshell handles (one A/F), a wetstone blade sharpener, two leather strops and a glass cologne bottle. The leather clad case of tapering canted rectangular form having a scrolling white metal escutcheon to the form and armorial plaque to the hinged lid engraved with horse’s head beneath banner inscribed ‘ÆGRE DE TRAMITE RECTO’ (scarcely from the right path); the motto of the Horseley family, and dated 1749, 7½” (19 cm) in height.

Sold for: £2300

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SKU: Jun20-168 Category:

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Description

An 18th Century Travelling Shaving Set. The fitted interior housing four folding cut-throat razors with white metal mounted tortoiseshell handles (one A/F), a wetstone blade sharpener, two leather strops and a glass cologne bottle. The leather clad case of tapering canted rectangular form having a scrolling white metal escutcheon to the form and armorial plaque to the hinged lid engraved with horse’s head beneath banner inscribed ‘ÆGRE DE TRAMITE RECTO’ (scarcely from the right path); the motto of the Horseley family, and dated 1749, 7½” (19 cm) in height.