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Lot 93

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$500 - 700
Price Realized
$4,445
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Lot Description

Three Barber's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mugs
Early 20th Century

comprising an example identified R. W. Chappell in gilt lettering and depicting two barbers in their shop; an example identified Edmond Grenier with a barber's chair; and one identified D. Williams depicting barber's tools.
underside of Chappell mug marked D & Co., underside of Williams mug signed J. Ritter in gilt.
Height of largest 3 7/8 inches.

U.S. Federal Census returns from 1910 through 1930 record an Edmund Grenier (1881-1935) working as a barber in Herkimer, New York. Grenier was born to French-Canadian immigrants and married Josephine Blancett before 1910, and the couple had three children together.

Massachusetts City Directories also list an Edmond Grenier (circa 1883-1956), variably recorded as Armand Grenier, working as a barber in Fall River during the 1920s and 1920s. Also of French-Canadian descent, Grenier wed Rose Beauregard on October 24, 1904, and they had at least three children together.

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

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