Box for Gillette safety razor
Box for Gillette safety razor
Rectangular box of walnut phenolic with hinged lid, containing a Gillette safety razor and two blade containers, one containing two packets of razor blades, 1930s
Rectangular box of walnut phenolic with hinged lid, containing a Gillette safety razor and two blade containers, one containing two packets of razor blades.
Details
- Category:
- Plastics and Modern Materials
- Object Number:
- 1980-676/197
- Materials:
- box, pf (bakellite) and blades & razor, steel
- type:
- containers, razors and razor blades
- credit:
- Purchase (Roger Newport)
Parts
Gillette safety razor
Gillette safety razor
Gillette safety razor blades, c 1930s.
Two packet of razor blades, blue paper with picture of King C Gillette
More
Blue Gillette razor blades. American inventor, King Camp Gillette (1855-1932) developed the first disposable blade safety razor during the 1890s with engineer William Emery Nickerson. The Gillette company sold the first safety razors and disposable blades in 1903 and, by the end of 1904, had produced 40,000 razors and over 12 million blades. The double- edged razor was also introduced in the same year. In 1999, Gillette made nearly $10 billion in sales in over 200 countries.
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Object Number:
- 1980-676/197 Pt3
- type:
- razor blades
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
