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Razor, cut throat   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Milns
Title
Razor, cut throat
Object type Childbirth/infancy/juvenalia; infant mortality/childhood; mourning; memorial/death
Classification: NM3.2927
Description
English: Straight razor in box .1 razor- straight bladed razor with hinged black jet handle, single edged hollow ground blade, blade has file surface handle is decorated on both sides, on one side are profile busts of 'CHARLOTTE' and 'LEOPOLD' (married 2 May 1816), on the other, running horizontally is a mourning scene with a leafless tree on the lhs and five figures approaching a tomb with an urn upon it, illustration is initialled JR on right hand side and has name (Milns .) on left hand side markings- blade is marked "MILNS - ONDON" .2 box- shallow wooden box with lid pivoted at one end, part missing at other end, remains of red morocco leather lining on base and marbled paper lining inside box
Date 1816-1817; Circa 1817; 1917; 19th Century; George III (1760 - 1820)-House of Brunswick, Hanover Line-English reign
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length: 198mm
width: 47mm

depth: 17mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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1917.80
Place of creation United Kingdom; London; England; Europe
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1917.80, 8745
Notes 'cut throat' razor in box The handle decoration possibly commemorates the death of Princess Charlotte, daughter of King George IV in 1817 - see description below handle decoration- on one side are profile busts of 'CHARLOTTE' and 'LEOPOLD' (married 2 May 1816); on the other, running horizontally is a mourning scene with a leafless tree on the lhs and five figures approaching a tomb with an urn upon it - Princess Charlotte died in childbirth on 6 November 1817, and her infant son was still born.
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