Sujet

Advertisement for Kropp Razors, 1895. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Advertisement for Kropp Razors, 1895. 'Real German Hollow Ground - EVERY KROPP RAZOR IS GUARANTEED. MANUFACTURED OF THE BEST QUALITY OF REFINED AND HIGHLY TEMPERED ENGLISH STEEL. BY A SPECIAL PROCESS OF TEMPERING AND HARDENING, EACH BLADE ATTAINS AN EXACTNESS AND EQUABILITY OF TEMPER WITH WHICH NO ENGLISH GROUND RAZOR CAN COMPETE. BLACK HANDLE - 5/6; IVORY - 7/6; Extra Stout IVORY HANDLE & IVORY TANG, very superior 21/-; EACH RAZOR IS PACKED IN A CASE. THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE BLADE MAKES SHAVING A LUXURY, EVEN TO THOSE WITH STUBBORN BEARDS & TENDER SKINS. THEY NEVER REQUIRE RE-GRINDING, AND IF STROPPED WITH CARE BEFORE AND AFTER USE ON A RAZOR STROP MADE SPECIALLY FOR USE WITH GERMAN GROUND RAZORS, WILL LAST FOR YEARS. CAUTION. - Avoid Imitations, wherever found. Every genuine "Kropp" Razor bears the Registered Trade Mark, as illustrated above. Wholesale: OSBORNE, GARRETT, and CO., LONDON, W.' From "Illustrated London News", 1895.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM26A09_099

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

11,4Mo (903,5Ko) / 25,4cm x 11,2cm / 2997 x 1324 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Germany German arts country metal writing art steel British tools grooming design advertisement advertising text location century advert Britain newspapers press print blade shaving razor B&W lettering ad engraved engraving 19th century graphic design black & white black and white B W classified nineteenth century small ads The Print Collector Illustrated London News wood engraving ILN newspaper Unknown cut-throat razor 19th-century The Illustrated London News small ad Kropp