A Preparatory Sketch for a Tinsmith's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Identified to A. L. Griffin
watercolor and ink on paper
inscribed, I was a tin smith by trade. I am making stove pipe / A. L. Griffin.
10 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches.
The mug produced after this sketch bears the name A. L. Griffin and depicts a tinsmith rolling a piece of tin with the underside is marked Koken Barber Supply Company St. Louis, MO USA. This mug was sold by Dan Morphy Auctions in Denver, Pennsylvania on December 8, 2011, as Lot 78.
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
This lot is located in Cincinnati.