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A Cut Above: The Barbershop Collection of James Carpenter, Part I
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- Sale 1301
Live
| Cincinnati
Jan 30 | 10:00 AM EST
Live
| Cincinnati
Sale 1301
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
A Telephone Linesman's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug
Estimate$700 – $900
A Telephone Linesman's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug
bearing the name Fred A. Ricketts in gilt lettering against a green wrap, and featuring an exceptional image of a gentleman climbing a telephone pole that reads Hudson Riv. Tel. Co.
underside marked T&V Limoges France and signed H. Hoffman Decorator, Albany, N.Y.
Height 3 5/8 inches.
Albany, New York City Directories from the 1920s and 1930s confirm that a Frederick A. Ricketts worked as an electrician. Ricketts married Katherine Prime McMurray on December 14, 1911, in Albany. The Hudson River Telephone Company was founded in Albany in 1883 and serviced clients along both shores of the Hudson River.
Collector's label to underside.
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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.
