Featured is a wonderful Carnival Vintage Shaving Mug in the Robin Bird Pattern.
- Vintage Elegant Glass also called “Good Glass” is often hand-pressed, hand-molded, or hand-blown, and frequently features hand-finished bases.
- Elegant Glass is made of high quality glass, has fewer visible seems and lacks the little bubbles and wrinkles found in pieces of depression glass.
- Carnival glass is pressed glass that has a sprayed on iridescent coating
- Shaving mugs have a long history throughout the world, even in the United States.
- From the late 19th century through the early 20th century, almost every man owned a shaving mug at home, or had one at his local barbershop.
- Both men and women owned their own shaving mug.
- Shaving mugs were made from glass, porcelain, and silver.
- Today, antique, and vintage shaving mugs have become highly collectible, depending upon the age, condition, rarity, and style of shaving mug.
- There are two organizations dedicated to learning the history and preserving shaving mugs: The National Organization for Barber Shop Memorabilia and The National Shaving Mug Collectors Association.
- This beautiful shaving mug is enhanced by its beautiful color and lovely highlights.
