Shaving Mug
date: label: date made
content: 1818 - 1848
notes: label: Description
content: Straight tapered pint mug with molded rim and base having a large, deep U-shape spout attached perpendicular to a hollow, flattened oval-section, ear-shaped handle with cusp or spur thumbrest; body cut out at spout. Struck "G.RICHARDSON" in raised serif letters in a finely serrated rectangle on underside of flat inset bottom.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Cranston
label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
label: place used
content: United States: New England
topic: label: Subject
content: Personal Hygiene
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Dr. Joseph H. Kler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0027.76
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0027.76
label: accession number
content: 1986.0027
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mug, shaving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 13.0175 cm x 12.065 cm x 9.525 cm