Household - Wade & Butcher Straight Razor and Joseph Rodgers & Sons Razor Case
1800 – 1850 (Date manufactured/created)
Bone, Metal (Steel), Wood, Paper
Straight razor and case. Razor is made by Wade & Butcher, case made by Joseph Rodgers & Sons, both of Sheffield, UK.
Paper covered wooden case has green maker's label on top, worn but with some text still legible: "SUPERIOR RAZORS MANUFACTURED BY JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS / No. 6 Norfolk Street SHEFFIELD PATRONISED BY HIS MAJESTY WILLIAM IV..../ RODGERS CUTLERS to their MAJESTIES....".
Razor has dark stained bone handle and steel blade (badly rusted). Blade maker's stamp is partially concealed by rust: "MANUFACTURED BY/ WADE & BUTCHER/ SHEFFIELD"
OL 6 3/4"; OW 2 1/4"; OD 3/4".
Paper covered wooden case has green maker's label on top, worn but with some text still legible: "SUPERIOR RAZORS MANUFACTURED BY JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS / No. 6 Norfolk Street SHEFFIELD PATRONISED BY HIS MAJESTY WILLIAM IV..../ RODGERS CUTLERS to their MAJESTIES....".
Razor has dark stained bone handle and steel blade (badly rusted). Blade maker's stamp is partially concealed by rust: "MANUFACTURED BY/ WADE & BUTCHER/ SHEFFIELD"
OL 6 3/4"; OW 2 1/4"; OD 3/4".
79.674.1-.2