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Four Porcelain Shaving Mugs
Estimate: $200-$300
Sold
$350
Live Auction
A Cut Above: The Barbershop Collection of James Carpenter, Part III
Location
Cincinnati
Description

Four Porcelain Shaving Mugs

Late 19th/Early 20th Century

comprising a farmer's mug identified Stephen A. Best and depicting a horse-drawn plow; a mug identified M. G. Moyer with flowers, a church, and hands clasped in prayer; a mug identified Jim Fore with a canon; and a mug identified Clifford Treadway depicting an automobile marked Mt. Lakes / Boonton / Montville / Tawaco.
three with maker's marks to underside.
together with two shaving brushes.
Height of tallest 3 3/4 inches.

United States Census records from the 1930s record a Clifford Treadway (1902-1953) as a resident of Boonton, New Jersey working as a bus driver.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey

Condition
Repairs to Treadway mug.