A few examples of appraisal values for
OCCUPATIONAL SHAVING MUG

• A Barber's Porcelain Occupational
  A Barber's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century bearing the name C. G. Phelps in gilt-accented lettering, bisected by a barber pole. underside unmarked. Height 3 7/8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Barber's Porcelain Occupational
  A Barber's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century bearing the name Wm. F. Long in gilt lettering, and depicting two barbers with their clients and several shaving mugs, against a magenta wrap. underside marked D. & Co. Height 3 7/8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Pharmacist's Porcelain
  A Pharmacist's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century with the name J.C. Gay in gilt lettering, and depicting a gentleman behind the counter of a pharmacy in a lab coat while talking to a customer. underside marked T&V Limoges France. Height 3 5/8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• An Automobile Mechanic's
  An Automobile Mechanic's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Early 20th Century bearing the name G. Croxei in gilt lettering, and featuring an image of a gentleman working on the body of an automobile.underside marked Felda China Germany.Height 3 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Baseball Player's Porcelain
  A Baseball Player's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Early 20th Century bearing the name John S. Strong in gilt lettering, and featuring a batter at the plate in front of a grandstand.underside marked J & C Bavaria.Height 4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Furniture Dealer's Porcelain
  A Furniture Dealer's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century with the name C.C. Woodruff in gilt lettering, depicting a gentleman driving a horse-drawn wagon full of furniture, surrounded by a floral motif. underside marked H&Co, Height 3 7/8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Porcelain Occupational Shaving
  A Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Depicting a Steam Engine Koken Barber's Supply Company, St. Louis Missouri, Early 20th Century with the name B. Picker in gilt lettering, depicting a gentleman standing next to a large steam engine. underside with maker's mark. Height 3 7/8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Stone Mason's Porcelain
  A Stone Mason's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug with the name C. Getzendanner in gilt lettering, depicting a man chiseling limestone. underside marked with an illegible blue mark, and is stamped TK. Height 3 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Barge Tender's Porcelain
  A Barge Tender's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century with the name C.K. Klugh in gilt lettering, and depicting a gentleman parking a sand barge in a canal. underside is marked D. & C. Height 4 inches. together with an Ever-Ready shaving brush. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Switchboard Operator's
  A Switchboard Operator's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Early 20th Century with the name Sylvester M. Joyce in gilt lettering above a depiction of a gentleman operating a telephone switchboard.underside marked J&C Bavaria.Height 3 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Laundryman's Porcelain
  A Laundryman's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Belonging to David Leff Circa 1917 bearing the name and date Dave Leff / 1917 in gilt lettering, and depicting an engine-powered laundry truck reading Passaic Home Laundry.underside marked J&C Bavaria.Height 3 3/4 inches. According to the genealogical record, David Leff (circa 1884-1937) was born around 1884 in Austria. He immigrated to the United States at the turn of the twentieth century and settled in New York with his wife, Rose. The United States Federal Census of 1910 records that Leff worked as the proprietor of a laundry, and throughout the 1910s, frequent advertisements for Passaic Home Laundry appeared in the Passaic Daily News. On March 23, 1916, the paper reports that a Mrs. Rose Goldblack won a suit for $46 against the laundry company, claiming that her clothes became discolored upon their return. Further, on February 20, 1917, The Morning Call of Paterson County covered an incident involving a coal wagon, in which a team of horses belonging to the Passaic Home Laundry and driven by a George Leff, became frightened by a passing freight train and crashed into the wagon. Perhaps in light of these incidents, David Leff's professional endeavors had shifted by 1920, by which time he was working as a jeweler. Leff died of coronary thrombosis on March 25, 1937, Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Plumber's Porcelain
  A Plumber's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century bearing the name Gus Reber in gilt lettering, featuring a kneeling gentleman sweating a pipe. underside marked T&V Limoges France and signed E.J. Mooney. Height 3 5/8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Cut Glass Maker's Porcelain
  A Cut Glass Maker's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century bearing the name F. Waldron in gilt lettering and depicting a gentleman working a Brilliant cut glass vase on a wheel. underside unmarked. Height 4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Wine Maker's Porcelain
  A Wine Maker's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century bearing the name Anthony Archimbaud in gilt lettering, and depicting a gentleman in a wine cellar with barrels, bottles. a funnel, and a demijohn with wicker cover. underside marked V x D / Austria. Height 3 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Dock Worker's Porcelain
  A Dock Worker's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century bearing the name Lewis G. Blair in gilt lettering, and depicting a man clad in overalls pushing a hand truck. stamped maker's mark to underside. Height 3 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Pawnbroker's Porcelain
  A Pawnbroker's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century bearing the name A. J. Wenner in gilt lettering, and depicting two gentlemen in a pawnshop. underside marked Germany. Height 3 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Mill Operator's Porcelain
  A Mill Operator's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century bearing the name Geo. T. Crisman in gilt lettering, with an image of a two-story watermill below. Height 3 7/8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• Three Automobile Related
  Three Automobile Related Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mugs Early 20th Century including a chauffeur's example initialed J.J.M. and marked for Anchor Pottery; a car painter's example dated 1919; and an example with an open touring car belonging to J. Frank Wells, marked for T&V Limoges. Height of largest 3 5/8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Motorist's Porcelain Occupational
  A Motorist's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Belonging to Fred Straub Early 20th Century bearing the name M. Fred Straub in gilt lettering, and depicting a gentleman driving a red open touring car. underside marked T&V / France. Height 3 1/2 inches. Fred Straub was born in August of 1882 in Pennsylvania. U.S. Federal Census returns from the first half of the twentieth century variably record his occupation as a "driver" and "motor repairman" in Easton, Pennsylvania. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Lawyer's Porcelain Occupational
  A Lawyer's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century bearing the name Marco Fasulla in gilt lettering, and depicting the allegorical figure of Lady Justice with blue wrap. underside unmarked. Height 3 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• An Insurance Salesman's Porcelain
  An Insurance Salesman's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Koken Barber's Supply Company, Saint Louis, Missouri, Early 20th Century bearing the name John Lutteke above an image of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance building in Boston, Massachusetts, and reading Special Agent / John Hancock / Mutual Life Insurance Company.underside marked Koken Barber Supply Co.Height 4 inches. The John Hancock Life Insurance Company was established in Boston in 1862. The company's name lacked standardization through the early twentieth century and was variably recorded as either the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company or the John Hancock Life Insurance Company through the 1940s. Early on, the firm was housed in Boston's first iteration of the John Hancock Building on Devonshire Street, where it was erected in 1891 based on designs by renowned American architect William G. Preston. The building was purchased by another bank in 1919 and demolished in 1922. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Doctor's Porcelain Occupational
  A Doctor's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Koken Barber's Supply Company, Saint Louis, Missouri, Early 20th Century bearing the name Dr. J. K. Fulbright in gilt lettering, and depicting a physician attending to a bedridden patient. underside marked for Koken Barber's Supply Co. Height 3 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Fireman's Porcelain
  A Fireman's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century bearing the name Edward Myers in gilt lettering, and depicting two men riding in a horse-drawn ladder truck. underside marked T & V / Limoges / France. Height 3 5/8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Foundry Worker's Porcelain
  A Foundry Worker's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century bearing the name C. Muench in gilt lettering, and depicting two men in a foundry with casting molds visible in the foreground. underside with maker's mark obscured by label. Height 3 5/8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• An Undertaker's Porcelain
  An Undertaker's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Belonging to William Collier Late 19th/Early 20th Century bearing the name William J. Collier in gilt lettering, and depicting a gentleman driving a horse-drawn hearse. underside unmarked. Height 3 1/2 inches. together with a printed advertisement for W. J. Collier & Sons, Undertakers and Embalmers in Port Jervis, New York. The Colliers are also listed as the proprietors of Delaware House, providing coaching, carting, and freighting services. According to the genealogical record, William Joseph Collier (1854-1935) was born on July 1, 1854, in Port Jervis, New York to Irish immigrants Thomas and Margaret Collier. U.S. Federal Census records from the early twentieth century indicate that he worked first as a liveryman but had established his own undertaking business by 1920. He and his wife, Barbara Anne, had three children together, including sons Fred and Thomas, presumably his business partners. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Coffin Maker or Undertaker's
  A Coffin Maker or Undertaker's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century bearing the name G. G. Wilkie in gilt lettering, and depicting a closed coffin. underside unmarked. Height 3 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Chef's Porcelain Occupational
  A Chef's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Early 20th Century bearing the name Ernest Haskell in gilt lettering and depicting a cook standing at a stove. underside unmarked. Height 3 5/8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Paint Enhanced Photographic
  A Paint Enhanced Photographic Transfer Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Depicting a Tailor's Shop 20th Century depicting the exterior of a storefront identified to A. Simon with green wrap. underside marked D & Co. Height 3 7/8 inches. A "Want Ad" published in the Urbana Daily Courier on September 23, 1923, in Urbana, Illinois thusly references a tailor shop owned by an A. Simon: "100% Tailor. Cannot shine shoes, but he knows his stuff, and I don't mean maybe." Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• Two Brewer's Porcelain Occupational
  Two Brewer's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mugs Late 19th/Early 20th Century comprising an example identified Mac Schwab in gilt-accented lettering and depicting a delivery wagon laden with kegs and a brewers' gild crest against a magenta wrap, and an example identified John Kulberer in gilt lettering and depicting a full beer stein against a pink wrap. underside of wagon mug marked T & V / Limoges / France. Height of taller 3 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Brewmaster's Porcelain
  A Brewmaster's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Circa 1917-1920 bearing the name H. H. Gilson in gilt lettering and depicting a man holding a glass of beer and and brewer's trade emblem. underside marked T & V / Limoges / France. Height 3 1/2 inches. The crest is identified to the International Union of United Brewery Workmen of America, founded in 1886 as the National Union of United Brewery Workers. Through the early twentieth century, membership was comprised primarily of German immigrants and, for many years, the union's publications were issued exclusively in German. The name was changed in 1917 and was changed again just three years later to the International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal and Soft Drink Workers of America, likely in the wake of Prohibition, as it operated until 1973 when the union merged with the Teamsters. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Baseball Player's Porcelain
  A Baseball Player's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Early 20th Century bearing the name B. Reeve in gilt lettering, and featuring an image of a crouching catcher.unmarked.Height 3 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Fireman's Porcelain
  A Fireman's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Early 20th Century bearing the name Clayton Nielson in gilt lettering, with a photographic transfer image of an early firetruck.underside stamped Germany.Height 4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Mailman's Porcelain
  A Mailman's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century with the name Carl Clough in gilt lettering below an image of a gentleman driving a horse-drawn mail wagon that reads U.S. Mail in gilt lettering. underside stamped Austria.Height 3 5/8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Race Car Driver's Porcelain
  A Race Car Driver's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Early 20th Century with the name Charles T. Roman in gilt lettering above a gentleman wearing goggles and driving a red race car.underside marked G.B.S.Co. in gilt.Height 3 5/8 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A Porcelain Occupational Shaving
  A Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Depicting a Bushel of Oysters Late 19th/Early 20th Century with the name B.J. Thomas above a spilt bushel of oysters, possibly meant for a oysterman or oyster shucker. underside unmarked. includes shaving brush. Height 3 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
• A House Painter's Porcelain
  A House Painter's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Late 19th/Early 20th Century with the name J.G Seiler in gilt against a burgundy wrap, depicting a gentleman on scaffolding painting a house. Height 3 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey