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Sale 1252
[CIVIL WAR]. Large collection of shaving utensils and personal items.
Estimate$300 – $500
[CIVIL WAR]. Large collection of shaving utensils and personal items.
Approx. 6 1/2 in. (closed) straight razor with wooden handle (field repair to handle near blade including visible piece of brass with added reinforcing pins). Housed in a 10 1/4 in. box strop. Tang stamped "Kingman & Hassan / Boston" on one side and "Made for the Army" on the other.
Kingman & Hassam are listed as cutlers in the Boston city directories from 1855 through 1860. Thereafter the listing name changes to Hassam Bros.
The visible piece of brass is not merely an exposed bolster. It is a “made from scratch” refinement, to which additional reinforcing pins have been added.
[With:] Tin shaving cup with side compartment; 2 straight razors with handles, housed in leather-covered wood blade case; shaving brush with wood handle and cord-wrapped bristles; and hand mirror in round stamped tin case, front with patriotic eagle motif and back with initials "BC" and "Brevete A Paris."
[With:] A small assortment of other personal items including eyeglasses, a camp cup, a "Robert Burns Segars" box, and "The Book of Nature; folk art carved ephemera, Containing Information for Young People Who Think of getting Married...." New York, 1864.
To request further details about this lot, please email [email protected]
Katie Horstman
VP, Head of Department, American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography
Ms. Horstman has spent over a decade specializing in historic photography and Americana at auction. During her tenure, she has overseen several notable single owner auctions, including property from the inventory of celebrated Americana and antique arms expert Norm Flayderman. During her time with the firm, she has maintained an active membership in the Daguerreian Society. Ms. Horstman holds an MA in Art History from the University of Cincinnati and a BA in Art History from The Ohio State University.
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