Mugs and Scuttle and Bowls - Oh My!

Sometimes you might find yourself with an "unintentional collection" due to buying shaving-gear-lots and/or simply from combining scotch and eBay.

In my case, as it turns out, it's Shaving mugs/bowl/scuttles.
I did a recent count of what I had in that department and ended up with 20 (twenty) of them.
Sure, some of them were very deliberate purchases such as my Grand Turk Old Spice mug...or the vintage silver plated ones...but some just "ended up here".

Out of these twenty there are really "only" eleven that I want to keep so if I can sell of close to half of them this or next month I will feel a bit 'cleansed'

Anyone else ended up with a more or less voluntary collection of shaving mugs, scuttles and bowls?
Drag them out, dust 'em of and post a photo or three


Mine:

Family shot


Details if anyone is interested:

Mugs 1, 2, 3
Silverplated, vintage shaving mugs


Mugs 4, 5
Old spice mugs. 80's blue and The first OS mug - Grand Turk made in Hull


Scuttle 6, 7
Both made in England but about 100 years apart


Bowls 8, 9
Left: Modern pewter bowl from England, Right: Less modern bowl with mirror.


Mugs 10, 11
Didn't realize until I took this photo that the image is on different sides of the mug.
Maybe I can sell them as "right" and "left"-handed mugs...


Scuttles 12, 13
Left: Wade scuttle made in England, Right: Col Conk "eww" scuttle


Bowls 14, 15, 16
Interesting - to me - is that these are probably the plainest bowl I have...but they are the ones that see the most use!
From left: French soup bowl ($2 in thrift store), Plastic soup bowl ($1-2 in "Japanese dollar store" and Fitjar soap bowl). Funny how one maybe gravitate towards simplicity.


Cups 17, 18, 19, 20
From left: No-name tin can w/ hinged lid, no-name shaving mug, Seaforth mug w/ unused soap and no-name mug with a Merkur MII on the side

 

I really like the pewter bowl with the mirror. But I agree that, for me, simplest is usually best.

 

My one and only shaving bowl... For now!

 

You could always Pif one or two of the cheaper ones.
Just sayin.

Nice collection.
I just aquired an Oldspice Ship Friendship mug for $5.

 

I love your metal mugs, scuttles, and bowls. Since I've seen your hauls , I've been inspired to find some.. Lol unfortunately they are waaaay out of my price range

 

I don't yet own a scuttle. I've been watching for them in my thrift store travels. I understand the concept; hot water in the bottom compartment keeps the upper warm. What about the holes? Wouldn't the lather drop through?

 

Lol I've wondered about that too. But I figured the lather is too thick ( or should be) to go through . It just lets the steam come up.. I think

 

That's a great collection you've got there, Darkbulb. I'm especially fond of scuttles 6 and 7.

 

2 different types of scuttles....those "with holes" arnt ment to keep lather warm, they are a water storage and soap holder.

 

+1
They were designed in a time when access to a sink with running water was not the norm.

 

Being an Old Spice junkie #5 and 6 are my favorite. The Cobalt Blue '85 is my daily driver, and regular SOTD prop. It's the biggest OS shave mug so I have extra room to whip up lather with some of my larger brushes. Nice collection, mine are all Old Spice except for my first which is a VDH.
Van Der Hagen
Old Spice 1985 Cobalt Blue
Old Spice (early glass Mug 01) 1947 first glass mug Birth Year
Old Spice (late glass Mug 04) 1970s -1992 The last OS Mugs
Old Spice (late glass Mug 02) 1964 – 1978
Old Spice (early glass Mug 06) 1961 - 1964 First Mug with a taper last without a lip on top
Old Spice "Morning Refresher" 1984 -1985 coffee mug
Old Spice Hull Pottery Mug 01 1938 - 1944 the first mug
Old Spice (Belgium Mug 01) 1970s
Old Spice Traditional Style Promotional Mug 1970 manufactured by the Nelson McCoy Pottery Company around 1970

 

Yeah the size of the blue one really surprised me when I got it. I agree though that the size is great for lathering and razor/brush dunking

 

they are all pretty cool, but I really like the scuttle (#9) that looks like a medieval knights helmet and the bowl with mirrior and brush holder.

 

Here's a couple from me. I would like to get rid of the one with the lid on the side the ceramic one. And I do have an extra Copper Bowl to get rid of

 

Excellent collection. Since you want to get rid of a few, please send #3 and #6 to my address.

That copper bowl looks great, mate!

 

My only shave bowl. Thrown by a potter here in East TX.


Good ol Old Spice mug

 

I was surprised by the smallness of the Old Spice Mug when I first got one. I had only seen pictures and thought they were bigger.

 

All but one of my bowls (no scuttles) were intentional. My Old Spice mug came with a brush I wanted. I had a case of SBAD which is in remission (mostly) since I always face lather now.

My favorite is from an Asian supermarket:

A thrift store find, an old bowl from a restaurant or hotel is thick and great at holding heat for an improvised scuttle:


A dollar store find was an old Crabtree & Evelyn bowl/dish. I don't know what product it is from. It's unglazed on the outside and my Provence Sante Green Tree fits perfectly. On the bottom it says ( I think they got this from Darkbulb):

 

Its a great collection. I really like the pewter bowl with the mirror. Its very unique.

 

Thanks!
Yeah I like that one too - it even still 'works' for a shave