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Lot 160
Sale 1301 - A Cut Above: The Barbershop Collection of James Carpenter, Part I
Jan 30, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$500 -
700
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$3,175
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Lot Description
A Miner's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug
August Kern Barber Supply Co., Saint Louis, Missouri, Late 19th Century
with Theo. Ricks written in gilt lettering above an image of a miner with a helmet, pick axe, and shovel, with additional text reading 8 Hours, 1898.
underside marked with Kern Barber Supply logo.
Height 3 7/8 inches.
The inscription refers to the establishment of the eight-hour workday, officially implemented for the United Mine Workers on April 1, 1898, after a yearlong period of strike.
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey