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Lot 183

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Lot Description

A Brewmaster's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug
Circa 1917-1920

bearing the name H. H. Gilson in gilt lettering and depicting a man holding a glass of beer and and brewer's trade emblem. 
underside marked T & V / Limoges / France.
Height 3 1/2 inches.

The crest is identified to the International Union of United Brewery Workmen of America, founded in 1886 as the National Union of United Brewery Workers.
Through the early twentieth century, membership was comprised primarily of German immigrants and, for many years, the union's publications were issued exclusively in German. The name was changed in 1917 and was changed again just three years later to the International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal and Soft Drink Workers of America, likely in the wake of Prohibition, as it operated until 1973 when the union merged with the Teamsters.

Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey

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