Lot
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1. Occupational Shaving Mug, made for 'Otto Jaeger' and showing a mid 1920s airplane, 3 5/8"h, 'Germany' on base.
Perfect condition and having most of the gold trim.
According to the Fighter Pilot 'Ace' List compiled by Al Bowers and David Lednicer, Otto Jaeger flew in the Austro-Hungarian air force during World War I (1914 - 1918). He was credited with shooting down seven enemy aircraft (five were required to attain 'ace' status).
He apparently came to America after the war possibly to seek work as a pilot.
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| 2 | $ 2,750 |
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2. Occupational Shaving Mug, made for 'J.P. Bertram' and showing a gold quartz crusher, 3 3/4"h, 'Lewis Stenger B.S. Co. Portland' and 'Limoges / WG / & Co / France' are on the base.
The mug is perfect and has all the gold trim.
According to Estep, this mug belonged to a mining equipment salesman in the Pacific northwest.
This machine was used during the Yukon gold rush of 1898. This mug is pictured on page 100 in 'The Best of Shaving Mugs' by Keith Estep.
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| 1 | $ 1,200 |
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3. Occupational shaving mug made for 'C.R. Sanders and showing a steam driven tractor and shaker separator, 3 1/2"h, '48' in gold is on the base.
The mug is perfect, but some of the gold trim is worn. 'Advance' is on the side of the driver’s box.
The Advance Thresher Company was formed in 1881. It has a factory in Battle Creek, Michigan. It started producing steam tractors in 1895. A rare double farm implement mug.
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| 5 | $ 500 |
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4. Occupational Shaving Mug, made for 'J.J.W. Bauer' and showing six men standing around a table. Four are playing cards (probably poker) with two watching, 3 7/8"h, 'Aug. Kern Barber Supply Co / Trade Mark (motif of a Seahorse) / Always Upright / St. Louis. Mo.' is stamped on the base.
The mug is perfect, but some of the gold trim is worn.
At the time of the mug it was more common to play poker standing up not sitting at a table as today. Ex. Maxine Cook Collection #99.
We auctioned the Cook collection in 2001 and are glad to be able to offer this rare mug again. Pictured on page 97 in 'The Best of Shaving Mugs' by Keith Estep.
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| 23 | $ 2,100 |
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5. Occupational Shaving Mug, made for 'C.B. Floyd' and showing a harbor tug boat, 3 7/8"h, 'Limoges / WG / & Co / France' and 'Koken Barbers Supply Co, St. Louis' are stamped on the base.
The mug is perfect and has most of the gold trim intact.
This mug is pictured on page 39 in 'The Best of Shaving Mugs' by Keith Estep.
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| 9 | $ 1,000 |
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6. Occupational Shaving Mug, made for 'W.F. Martin' and showing a cook in a lunch room, 3 5/8"h, unmarked base.
The mug is perfect, but has some loss of the gold trim.
A highly detailed, rare occupational mug. This mug is pictured on page 128 in 'The Best of Shaving Mugs' by Keith Estep.
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| 3 | $ 600 |
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7. Occupational Shaving Mug, made for 'Albert Atwaters' and showing an oyster digger on his boat, 3 3/8"h, unmarked base.
The mug is perfect but has some minor loss of the gold trim. A rare occupational mug.
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| 5 | $ 950 |
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8. Occupational Shaving Mug, made for 'Tony Cntrabartolo' and showing a side car motorcycle, 'Harl ---' is on the gas tank, 3 7/8"h, full magenta wrap, 'J & C / Bavaria' is on the base.
The mug is perfect, but a few flakes are off the magenta wrap.
This is a rare 'sidecar' motorcycle mug.
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| 36 | $ 5,500 |
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9. Occupational Photographic Shaving Mug, made for 'A.R. Feider' and showing a colored photograph of a locomotive, coal car and passenger car, 'Twentieth (barely legible) Century Limited, New York and Chicago' is on the passenger car, the number '604' is on both front of the locomotive and side of coal car. The letters 'L. S. & M. S. (Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad) are beneath the engineers’ window, 3 7/8"h, unmarked base.
The mug is perfect.
A very rare photograph mug! This mug is pictured on page 165 in 'The Best of Shaving Mugs' by Keith Estep.
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| 1 | $ 400 |
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10. Occupational Shaving Mug, made for 'J.A. Funk' and showing three workers (one blowing a glass object) in a glass factory, 3 5/8"h, plain base.
Perfect condition and with only slight loss of trim.
This mug is pictured on page 99 in 'The Best of Shaving Mugs' by Keith Estep.
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| 12 | $ 950 |
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11. Occupational Shaving Mug, made for 'M.D. Gardner' and showing a 1909 Mitchell, 'Mitchell' (the companies trade mark) is below the car, 'Kawalro Sr' is on the base.
The mug is perfect with only some of the bare rim gold missing.
Not often seen black with gold trim lettering.
The Mitchell car company was founded in Racine, Wisconsin in 1903 and produced cars until 1923. This mug is pictured on page 14 in 'The Best of Shaving Mugs' by Keith Estep.
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| 3 | $ 900 |
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12. Occupational Shaving Mug, made for 'C. Johson' and showing a Swedish American brick mason working on a brick wall, an American flag is to the left and a Swedish flag is to the right, 3 5/8"h, unmarked base.
The mug is perfect and most of the gold trim is intact.
This is a common occupational mug, but with a nicely detailed decoration that travels two-thirds of the way around the mug.
At the time of the mug Sweden and Norway were one country officially called the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. Each country maintained there own flag. With the exception of basic colors they were both identical. The flag on the mug is the Swedish version. This union continued until 1905 when Norway became an independent country.
This mug is pictured on page 123 of Keith Estep's book.
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| 3 | $ 325 |
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13. Occupational Shaving Mug, made for 'Aug. R. Hamlet / Caterer' and showing four men eating and drinking at a table, 3 7/8"h, 'T & V / France' is stamped on the base.
Perfect condition with most all the gold trim intact.
Nicely done full size decoration. A rare occupational mug.
This mug is pictured on page 59 in 'The Best of Shaving Mugs' by Keith Estep.
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| 7 | $ 850 |
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14. Occupational Shaving Mug, made for 'H.H. Otto' and showing a horse drawn hearse, 3 1/2"h, 'T&V, Limoges, France' is on the base.
The mug is perfect and has most of the gold trim intact.
This mug is pictured on page 108 in 'The Best of Shaving Mugs' by Keith Estep.
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| 1 | $ 400 |
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15. Occupational Shaving Mug, made for ‘Peter Warman’ and showing a farmer with a two horse team plowing a field, 3 7/8"h, unmarked base.
Perfect condition and with most of the original gold paint intact.
A highly detailed, colorful decoration. A number of 'farmer plowing a field' mugs exist, but this is one of the nicer ones.
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| 1 | $ 120 |
