In its red velvet-lined, gilded leather case with small irons and key, an officer's set complete with its six saber-bladed folding razors known as "coupe-choux" and its two leather and marble sharpeners in their case. The handle (or chasse) is in mother-of-pearl, enhanced by two gold flowers framing a shield free of engraving. It is finished with a gold sword hilt motif. The blades are marked ACIER FONDU and the letters A.D., probably those of an unidentified cutler. Restoration period Condition: mother-of-pearl missing from the end of one handle, one mother-of-pearl broken on another, tear on one of the sharpeners' sheaths. Book consulted : Camille PAGE, La coutellerie depuis l'origine jusqu'à nos jours, Tome IV, plate CXXXVIII.