Razor hone in a box consisting of (a) the razor hone, which is a flat, rectangular piece of smooth brown stone; the razor hone is stored in a two-piece box; the box bottom (b) is made of rectangular paper-covered cardboard with a closed bottom, four sides, and an open top; the inside bottom has priā¦
Razor hone in a box consisting of (a) the razor hone, which is a flat, rectangular piece of smooth brown stone; the razor hone is stored in a two-piece box; the box bottom (b) is made of rectangular paper-covered cardboard with a closed bottom, four sides, and an open top; the inside bottom has printing on it and the outside bottom has an attached printed paper label; the box lid (c) is also made of rectangular paper-covered cardboard and has a closed top, four sides, and an open bottom; both the outside and inside edges of the top have printing on them
Number Of Parts
3
Part Names
a - razor hone - Size: Length 13.4 cm x Width 5.0 cm x Depth 1.4 cm
b - box bottom - Size: Length 13.4 cm x Width 5.3 cm x Depth 1.4 cm
c - box lid - Size: Length 14.0 cm x Width 5.6 cm x Depth 1.6 cm
Provenance
Collected by Dr. A.A. Travill for Queen's Faculty of Medicine collection
(b) The inside bottom of the lid reads "GUARANTEE // This Hone will make any razor in // your hands clip off hair; or we // will refund your money. // Bring razor to store if you fail"; the bottom of the box bottom has an attached label that reads "G. TAMBLYN // LIMITED // CUT-RATE DRUGGISTS // TORONTO // 232 YONGE ST."; the number "26" is written in pencil on the bottom; (c) the top of the lid reads "AUSTRIA // RAZOR // HONE"; the inside of the box lid reads "NO SOAP LATHER OR OIL, use lots of water only on Hone. // $1.25 // FOR THIS STORE'S GUARANTEE see bottom of box. // FOLLOW DIRECTIONS [listed]"; "Agents for America // Austria Specialty Co. // 385 Markham St.; Toronto, Canada"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-E5-5
Condition Remarks
(a) The razor hone has a small chip in the stone at the centre of the bottom edge on the bottom of the stone; the cardboard box shows minor stains, but is complete, untorn, unbent and all printing is fully legible
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
JPG
Reference Comments
Previous number #24; Faculty of Medicine Collection 1984 Inventory; CD #3