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PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A Continental silver mounted tortoiseshell cased gentleman's shaving set, unmarked, Spanish or Portuguese, circa 1740
the tortoiseshell case with rococo chased silver mounts and handle, the interior with similar flat-chased silver mounted implements, including: a tortoiseshell mirror, 17.3cm., 6 3/4 in. high, a stone strop, a tortoiseshell double comb, a pair of scissors with steel blades, and seven tortoiseshell handled cut-throat razors, six of the later folding steel blades etched: 'HARWOOD & Co [of Sheffield] / WARRANTED', one stamped 'BERNARDO'
case 34.4cm., 13½in. high
Estimate
4,000
—
6,000
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