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Lot 322
Sale 1314 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Mar 15, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$254
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Lot Description
An Unusual Fraternal Butcher's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug
Late 19th/Early 20th Century
identified Fenton B. Hancock and depicting a large steer flanked by Knights of Pythias imagery.
stamped CFH/GDM to underside.
Height 3 3/4 inches.
Fenton Hancock (1853-1915) was born in Virginia but had moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by 1870. U.S. Federal Census records from 1880 provide the earliest documentation of his work there as a butcher, with associated U.S. City Directories listing the address for the shop at 2028 Carpenter Street.
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey