Antique mugs...violinist munks?

Factual Questions
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My grandmother passed away a couple of years ago and I’ve started taking a look at some of the old stuff she had (that seems purchased from antique stores).

There are three similarly styled mugs. All start off light tan/white at the top and fade to a darker brown. All have a picture of one person on it. In two of them, the person is playing a violin. In the third, the person is drinking with one hand and carrying a basket with the other.

Pic:

From left to right, here are the markings on the bottoms of the mugs:

Mug 1:

  • Frank M. Stone. 1905 (this may be handwritten on, but I can’t tell if it’s handwritten or just made the same way the picture is made)
  • Hohenzollern China. Germany.
  • A sticker for SHACKELFORD; Carrolton, Ill.; $95.00

Mug 2:

  • L.W.L in big black letters. Seems to be a part of the mug.

Mug 3:

  • Lebeau Porcelaine

Any clue? The most I could dig up was on Lebeau Porceline, but even that wasn’t much.

Mugs are all in almost perfect condition. A flecks of paint or whatever chipped off, but I’d drink out of these without hesitation.

Thanks guys!

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Does the mark on the first one look like the second or third mark here?

http://www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/silesia/tiefenfurt_1/00.php

3

Neither, actually.

4

Strictly a WAG here- but it sounds like they might be hand painted or hand finished with a decal. At the time, bisque-ware (unfinished mugs, plates,etc.) was sold, glazed, then fired. That would explain why the various sizes and pottery makers but the similarity of subject. They may have been sold as a set by Shackellford.

Of course, a more knowledgeable Doper will probably knock my theory out of the water.

5

Got another antique…an old chest (ooh, exciting!)

Don’t know much about it. Here are pics:

Close up of design:

Any way to appraise these kind of things remotely, or would I need to take it somewhere?