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Description: First Rolls Razor model without lid design and push buttons. Note case closure and box logo variations (back to back R's).
Manufacturer: Rolls Razor Head Office - 1, Charing Cross, Trafalgar Square, London, S.W.1; Works - Ingate Place Battersea, London, S.W.8.
Type: Set
Country: England
Patent: UK - 108531(Application 8/11/1916 Acceptance 8/13/1917) ,US - 1266183(5/14/1918), France - 486289(3/20/1918)
Comment: Serial numbers - 0001016 & A000882. From the patents, Mr. Vincent should get credit as the creator of the Rolls razor. The 1918 Vincent patent was assigned to Marie-Therese Salerni. She may have been the wife of Peiro Salermi, who had the 1921-30 pats.
Source: twillard
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