Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Shaving mug
Object Number:
2002.1.324
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
3 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
This white mug with gold trim has the typical handle and flared lip of a shaving mug. In the center it has a painted colored scene of a a worker operating a telegraph surrounded by gold flourishes and at the bottom in gold the initials "G.F.X.U.".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
