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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 Tractor Salesman's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Belonging to Wallace White
Estimate$600 – $800
A Tractor Salesman's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Belonging to Wallace White
with Presented By W.W. White / Wichita, Kans in gilt lettering and depicting a steam tractor.
underside stamped G.H. Fralick Barber's Supplies Wichita, Kansas.
Height 4 inches.
Kansas State Census records from the early twentieth century document a W. W. White, originally born in Indiana around 1876, as a resident of Sedgwick County, Wichita, Kansas. Wallace W. White (1876-1947) married Sybil Edna Stewart on August 29, 1910, and U.S. Federal Census records indicate that White worked as a traveling salesman in both the automobile and tractor industries.
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.
