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A Birdseed Salesman\'s Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Belonging to Fred Shulze
Estimate: $600-$800
Sold
$1,100
Live Auction
A Cut Above: The Barbershop Collection of James Carpenter, Part I
Description

A Birdseed Salesman's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Belonging to Fred Shulze

bearing the name Fred Shulze in gilt lettering, and depicting a gentleman driving a horse-drawn wagon that reads Fred Shulze / Prepared Birdseed / 112 Whylie Ave. Pittsburgh.

underside unmarked.

Height 3 1/2 inches.


City Directories from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania record a Fred Schulze at 112 Wylie Avenue as early as 1877. The nature of his employment is variably listed into the twentieth century as "tinner," "laborer," and "hardware," with no mention of prepared birdseed.

Condition
Collector's label to underside.