Интересна как формой, так и торговой маркой.
Pall Mall - улица в центре Лондона, которая издавна считалась аристократической и королевской, там находится королевский дворец. Royal Opera Arcade - я так понимаю, что-то типа переулка с фешенебельными магазинами. Внешний вид бритвы вполне соответствует.
Думаю, что сама бритва из Шеффилда, но марка стоит магазина, продававшего бритвы.
Ручка - рог, клинышек из металла. Судя по форме ручки, бритва конца XIX века, возможно, даже ближе к середине, но насчет этого не уверен, т.к. геометрия quarter hollow, не уверен, что в середине XIX века делали такие бритвы.
Пока что не точил, но весьма интересно, тем более, что в последнее время я заинтересовался такой геометрией.
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 ”-scaled razors. Built along the back wall of the Royal Opera House in 1816 and designed by John Nash (Trafalgar Square), it was the first indoor shopping venue in England, arguably anywhere! THIS was the Original Shopping Mall! 19 shops lined one side and the entrance to the Opera House was on the other side. Well-heeled Opera patrons would enter the Opera through the arcade and peruse the shops as they came and went. It must have been a profitable location in those days! At one point R .Burgess and Son occupied 3 of the 19 spaces. In 1867 the Opera House burned to the ground in 1 hour's time, taking 3 of the shops in the Arcade. The Opera was rebuilt across the street eventually and the Arcade was left to stand alone with 18 spaces surviving. I would expect business fell off considerably after this tragedy and can only conclude that R. Burgess and Son possibly sold these blades in the early 1860's before the fire, but the name was still listed at the #15 address in 1884 with a different occupation, listed as hairdressers, so who knows? The Arcade still stands and is home to several small exclusive concerns.
”-scaled razors. Built along the back wall of the Royal Opera House in 1816 and designed by John Nash (Trafalgar Square), it was the first indoor shopping venue in England, arguably anywhere! THIS was the Original Shopping Mall! 19 shops lined one side and the entrance to the Opera House was on the other side. Well-heeled Opera patrons would enter the Opera through the arcade and peruse the shops as they came and went. It must have been a profitable location in those days! At one point R .Burgess and Son occupied 3 of the 19 spaces. In 1867 the Opera House burned to the ground in 1 hour's time, taking 3 of the shops in the Arcade. The Opera was rebuilt across the street eventually and the Arcade was left to stand alone with 18 spaces surviving. I would expect business fell off considerably after this tragedy and can only conclude that R. Burgess and Son possibly sold these blades in the early 1860's before the fire, but the name was still listed at the #15 address in 1884 with a different occupation, listed as hairdressers, so who knows? The Arcade still stands and is home to several small exclusive concerns. 