Antique Occupational Shaving Mug Printer

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Antique Occupational Shaving Mug Printer.
This mug appears to depict a some one in the book or printing profession. It is in great condition with minor gilt loss. There are no chips or flea bites. The mark on the bottom shows it was sold by a barber supply shop in Marietta Kansas. The following is a history of these mugs. The years roughly between 1880 and 1920 are considered the original time period for occupational shaving mugs. Most men owned a shaving mug, either at home or at a barber shop. Those purchased for home use typically were purchased through local stores (or maybe the Sears catalog) and had more variety in shape but usually went un-personalized.
Mugs purchased and held at barbershops were customized with the client’s name and often displayed to encourage the customer to return to the barbershop regularly. Most barber shaving mugs were imported from France or Germany undecorated: it was customary to have the mug then hand decorated with the shaver’s occupation and name. Genuine examples of these types of vintage mugs command the highest prices on internet auction sites.
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