Old shaving dish from the Nevers factory with revolutionary decoration which bears the Latin inscription "Vis unitaire Fortior" as well as the date 1790. The dish highlights the royal crown from which emerges a green banner or ribbon behind the three crossed Orders (the sword, the Cross and the spade head down) The banners form a green knot. late 18th century revolutionary period Dimensions: 29.5cm x 25cm height: 6.5cm A male toiletry item, shaving dishes have a specific bowl shape. The notch at the bottom, called the chin rest, allowed the barber to place the dish under the customer's chin in order to receive the shaved beard hairs and the foam. These objects sometimes have one or two cavities on the rim, one to lather the soap and the other to receive the ball that was placed between the jaw and the cheek in order to stretch the skin and facilitate shaving. A shaving dish is an object used by barbers in the 18th and 19th centuries. Generally made of silverware, copper, porcelain or earthenware, the shaving dish was often richly decorated. Equipped with a ring fixed on one edge or with holes, it could be hung on a wall or in a piece of furniture. It was also stored after use in a piece of furniture called a barber's table. A small hollow sometimes presented on one side of the dish could either allow it to be held with a thumb or to accommodate a boxwood ball or a spoon. This very original accessory was placed in the customer's mouth in order to round the customer's cheek to facilitate shaving the beard. Indeed, many men of the time were missing teeth and hollow cheeks made shaving dangerous.