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'

Unmarked. A crack in the tortoiseshell case at the front in the lockplate section. A couple of small chips around the base. The tortoiseshell a little warped in places and therefore has separated from some joins. The cover does not close fully. Six of the seven blades replaced in the late 18th century. Otherwise good condition for an object of this type.
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A similar case, with marks for Barcelona 1749, is illustrated in José M. C., Valdovinos, Platería Antigua Española y Virreinal Americana (Siglos XV-XIX), Cajamurcia, 2019, pg. 214. no. 90. Another case, also Barcelona, was sold in the David-Weil Collection, Ader, Picard, Tajan, Paris, 4 May 1972, lot 208. A further case, in shagreen rather than tortoiseshell, and catalogued as possibly Portuguese, was sold from the collection of Carl Desantis, Sotheby's, New York, 4 November 2011, lot 272.