Click Here to Continue Viewing Current Query Results or Home to Start a New Query. Description: SM-145. Single Compartment shaving mug. Circa 1880. Comprised of a Tin holder, a white glass insert, and an attached brush holder. Manufacturer: Unknown. Type: Home-Single Country: USA Patent: Original Single Compartment shaving mug not patented. See SM-165, (3 handles), patented in 1910. Comment: This mug was inexpensive to produce. Money was scarce. There was an extensive market. Robert Blake Powell liisted it as "standard". Source: Les Oliver Editors: