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GUSN-198477
Tall Williams' shaving stick tube that is made of aluminum and cyclindrical in shape. Engraved at the top an base of the tube.
shaving sticks
Case, Soap
"THE JB WILLIAMS CO/EST 1840/GLASTONBURY, CONN U.S.A." (Within the text which circles the bottom of the aluminum shaving stick tube there is a large 'W' with a turkey above it.)
"WILLIAMS' SHAVING STICK/ PAT'D Nov. 19, 1907" (Engraved)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
3.5 (H), 1.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.2457
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