I picked up this razor today. Any information? Is it referring to the play of 1876, the opera of 1938, the man (Grieg), or none of the above? Any idea who the manufacturer was, C&G or G&C? It appears to have been made after 1914 because of the "made in". At first, I thought it could possibly an ERN, I read that they had a razor named PEER but now I don't think so.
PEER GYNT?
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GOEDECKE & CO
one of their trademarks was Peer Gynt
likely the play as the company was in biz 1900-1939
one of their trademarks was Peer Gynt
likely the play as the company was in biz 1900-1939
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Thank you Sir. Now I need to look up GOEDECKE & CO.
The research is half the fun of getting a new old SR for me.
The original play Peer Gynt (on which all the adaptations are based) was by Henrik Ibsen, who commissioned Grieg to compose the associated incidental music, so to the extent that it's associated with any real person, it would be Ibsen. However, in the play, Peer boasts of his hunting knife a couple of times, so a reasonable assumption would be that your razor was inspired by the blade itself or by its wielder/owner, the fictional Peer Gynt.
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