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A Cut Above: The Barbershop Collection of James Carpenter, Part I
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- Sale 1301
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| Cincinnati
Jan 30 | 10:00 AM EST
Live
| Cincinnati
Sale 1301
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Three Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mugs Depicting Horse-Drawn Delivery Wagons
Estimate$600 – $800
Three Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mugs Depicting Horse-Drawn Delivery Wagons
comprising a laundry wagon example for W.M. Sherman, marked T&V Limoges France; a Brooklyn Wholesale Confectionery example for Louis Senft; and a Borden's Dairy example for Frank A. Baer, marked Felda China / Germany.
Height of largest 3 3/4 inches.
Louis Senft is listed in Brooklyn, New York City Directories as a Confectioner on Graham Avenue by 1906. He was born circa 1877 in New York to German immigrants Henry and Lizzie Senft. The U..S. Federal Census of 1940 suggests that Senft still worked in the candy industry at that time.
The New York Condensed Milk Company was founded by inventor and entrepreneur Gail Borden in Wassaic, New York in 1861. The company changed its name to Borden Dairy in 1919 to honor its late founder, and the firm enjoyed remarkable growth during the 1920s, adding ice cream and cheese to its repertoire.
To request further details about this lot, please email katiebenedict@hindmanauctions.com
Leah Vogelpohl
AVP, Specialist, American Furniture, Folk, and Decorative Arts
Ms. Vogelpohl joined the firm in 2013 as a cataloger in the American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts department. She became a department specialist in 2017, focusing on American decorative arts and silver. She received a BA from the College of Charleston and an MLITT in Art History from the University of Glasgow.
