Name/Title
Porcelain shaving mug trimmed in cobalt blue, pre-1921Entry/Object ID
2017.1.4Description
Acc. No. 17.1.4
Subject Category: Household
Date or Period: Pre-1921
Object: Mug, shaving
Description: Hand painted porcelain mug with handles in a decorative multi-colored pattern, trimmed in cobalt blue. The maker is unidentified, but it is attributed to Nipponware.
Size: H-3 1/4” x W-3 1/2”
History of Object: A shaving mug that belonged to Charles W. Martin.
Acquired from: Estate of Nancy Martin
Date: 01/01/2017Interpretative Labels
Label
1/29/2021 MvL: current sign:
EARLY JAPANESE
HAND-PAINTED
PORCELAIN
This Japanese porcelain is marked "Nippon", meaning "Japan". In 1921 the US government required that all Japanese exports to here state "Japan" as the country of origin.
