Clippers, hair
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MANUAL/PROFESSIONAL
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0188.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- BRESSANT 000
- LOCATION
- Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 17.2 cm
- Width
- 8.6 cm
- Height
- 4.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Toilet article
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Brown Sharpe
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Rhode Island
- City
- Providence
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- New Brunswick
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF CLIPPER USED C. 1925-1940S, AND POSSIBLY LATER. THIS EXAMPLE PROBABLY USED C. 1926+
- Canada
-
PART OF A COLLECTION OF BARBERING EQUIPMENT ORIGINALLY OWNED AND USED BY THE DONOR'S FATHER MR. WILLIAM ROY SEAR IN HIS SHOP AT 27 BROAD ST., SUSSEX NB. MR. SEAR GRADUATED FROM MOLER BARBER COLLEGE IN MONTREAL IN 1923, AND BEGAN BARBERING THE NEXT YEAR. HE TRAINED SEVERAL BARBERS, AND HIS BROTHER GEORGE NELSON SEAR ALSO A BARBER, OPERATED HIS OWN SHOP IN SUSSEX UNTIL 1991. ROY SEAR DIED IN 1973: HIS SHOP WAS CLOSED, AND HIS BARBER CHAIR (AND POSSIBLY OTHER EQ.) WAS TRANSFERRED TO GEORGE, WHO USED IT UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1991. (SEE SUPP. INFO. 1999.0186) - Function
-
USED TO CUT HUMAN HAIR. - Technical
-
PROFFESSIONAL QUALITY HAIR CLIPPERS MFD BY BROWN & SHARPE (EST. 1868), FEATURING A REMOVEABLE BLADE AND VERY FINELY SPACED CUTTING TEETH. THIS SIZE CLIPPER CUT HAIR EXTREMELY CLOSE, AND MAY HAVE BEEN USED FOR TRIMMING HAIR ON NECK AND/OR SIDEBURNS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 "BROWN/ &/ SHARPE/ No. 000" incised in base. "BROWN & SHARPE MFG. CO., PROVIDENCE, R.I./ MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" incised on inside of cutter..2 "BROWN & SHARPE MFG. CO. PROVIDENCE, R.I./ MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/ TRADE BRESSANT MARK" incised on inside of swing arm..4 "TRADE BRESSANT MARK/ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" incised on top of cover, below mounting..3 &.5-.6 No markings visible.
- Missing
- NONE, SAVE BROKEN TEETH ON .1 CLIPPER.
- Finish
- BRIGHT SILVER METAL FINISH.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., Clippers, hair, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1999.0188, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0188.001/
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