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Awesome cased early 19thC Gentlemen’s Traveling Straight Razor Set with accoutrements. Fantastic brass bound and inlaid wood case with carved multi-level compartmentalized sections fitted with grooming tools and containers. C-1840’s set has an early pair of ivory handled French made straight razors with a simple “V” stamped makers mark on tangs. The panel in the lid removes to reveal two fitted wood handled strops. The top level of the lower section houses the matched pair of razors, an ivory handled corkscrew, scissors, two tweezers and a large ivory handled hair brush. Next level houses a pair of bone handled toothbrushes, a mother of pearl handled pen knife, ivory handled pen knife, glass cologne bottle and pewter covered round container. The kit has two more pearl handled pen knives and a metal handled punch. The magnificent mahogany wood case has an inlaid brass shield shaped escutcheon plate, brass piano hinge, brass front and fine inlaid brass lid. Extremely rare. Measures: