A Postman's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug
Sale 1301 - A Cut Above: The Barbershop Collection of James Carpenter, Part I
Jan 30, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$2,032
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Lot Description
A Postman's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug
Early 20th Century
featuring a man in a delivery truck and identified Frank Heath / N. Collins N.Y. in gilt lettering.
underside marked J & C Bavaria.
Height 3 3/4 inches.
According to the genealogical record, a Frank Albert Heath was born around 1877 to Frank J. and Isabela "Bella" Heath in Erie County, New York. Professionally, Heath was a postal worker, recorded as both a United States Postal Service clerk and a mail carrier in U.S. Federal Census returns from the early twentieth century.
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
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