Shaving Bowls Photos

Shaving bowls are rimmed bowls with an indent in the rim which allows a barber to position the bowl under the chin of the person being shaved.

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Pottery barber's bowl recovered from Spanish shipwreck in Museum of Florida History. Tallahassee, FL.Barber's shaving plate used by Louis XVI while imprisoned in Temple Tower at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Rouen-made earthenware barber bowl at Rouen Ceramic Museum. Rouen, France.Barber basin decorated with barbering tools including face in small mirror on English delftware from London or Bristol at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Pottery barber's bowl recovered from Spanish shipwreck in Museum of Florida History. Tallahassee, FL.Barber's shaving plate used by Louis XVI while imprisoned in Temple Tower at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Rouen-made earthenware barber bowl (c1725) at Rouen Ceramic Museum. Rouen, France.Barber basin decorated with barbering tools including face in small mirror on English delftware (1700-20) from London or Bristol at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.
Ceramic barber's bowl with notice "Sir Your Quarters Up" to remind customers to pay their quarterly bill, made in Liverpool, at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. Bristol, England.Chinese import porcelain shaving dish at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Barber shop sign at Mission Inn. Riverside, CA.Barber shop shaving mug with brush & soap sections at Arizona Historical Society Museum Downtown. Tucson, AZ.
Ceramic barber's bowl (1720-40) with notice "Sir Your Quarters Up" to remind customers to pay their quarterly bill, made in Liverpool, at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. Bristol, England.Chinese import porcelain shaving dish (1750-1800) at Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, ON.Barber shop sign at Mission Inn. Riverside, CA.Barber shop shaving mug with brush & soap sections at Arizona Historical Society Museum Downtown. Tucson, AZ.
Tin-glazed earthenware barber's bowl painted with comb, scissors & other tools of profession & cutout to fit client's neck by TW of London at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Tin-glazed earthenware shaving bowl painted with barber tools & message 'Sir youre quarter is up' since shaving bills were paid 4 times per year from Lambeth, London at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.Barber's bowl painted with country scene from Bristol? at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.
Tin-glazed earthenware barber's bowl painted with comb, scissors & other tools of profession & cutout to fit client's neck (1681) by TW of London at Potteries Museum & Art Gallery. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.Tin-glazed earthenware shaving bowl painted with barber tools & message 'Sir youre quarter is up' since shaving bills were paid 4 times per year (c1700) from Lambeth, London at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.Barber's bowl painted with country scene (c1740-50) from Bristol? at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.

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