Antique Victorian Mustache Guard Shaving Mug Cup Floral Pink Blue 1910\'s for Sale

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Antique Victorian Mustache Guard Shaving Mug Cup Floral Pink Blue 1910\'s:
$28.95

Antique Victorian Mustache Guard Shaving Mug Cup Floral Pink Blue 1910\'s
Victorian 1900s - 1920s mustache cup beautiful colors of blue on white with pink coral lavender flowers trimmed in gold gilt.
From - Rosenburg Library Museum - It wasn’t until the Victorian era that the extensive regiment of the mustache wearer necessitated the need for a protective guard. Mustache cups, cups sporting a semi-circular ledge over the rim, were invented to protect the extraordinarily magnificent mustaches of the 19th century from the effects of steam resulting from hot drinks and soups.
It wasn’t until 1830 that an English potter named Harvey Adams (maker’s mark ‘HA & Co.’) introduced the first mustache cup. The cup had a ledge called a “mustache guard” that stretched across the inside of the cup from rim to rim. The guard had one semicircular opening against the rim of the cup to allow the user’s mustache to rest safely on the mustache guard.During the 1890s, mustache cups reached their peak of greatness. Around 1920 – 1930, masculine mustaches were no longer in vogue and mustache cup production trickled to a halt