Click Here to Continue Viewing Current Query Results or Home to Start a New Query. Description: SM-149. 2 piece, Combination type shaving mug. Circa 1895? Porclain. Incredibly beautiful. Pigment marks on each piece. Bottom reads: Hand Painted. Nippon. Manufacturer: Unknown. Type: Home-Combination Country: Unknown Patent: Original Combination type shaving mug patented in 1850. Comment: Pigment marks would indiicate great age. It is very delicate. I believe it was retained as a piece of art. That would account for its longivity. Source: Les Oliver Editors: