# Antique mugs...violinist munks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 13, 2011, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-mugs-violinist-munks/574511 "2011-03-13T07:31:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ocardowin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ccd318/32.png) [@Ocardowin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ocardowin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-mugs-violinist-munks/574511/1 "2011-03-13T07:31:46Z")
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: [![](http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) ](http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) 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! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-mugs-violinist-munks/574511/2 "2011-03-13T09:19:16Z")
Does the mark on the first one look like the second or third mark here? [http://www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/silesia/tiefenfurt\_1/00.php](http://www.porcelainmarksandmore.com/silesia/tiefenfurt_1/00.php) ---
**Author:** ![Ocardowin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ccd318/32.png) [@Ocardowin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ocardowin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-mugs-violinist-munks/574511/3 "2011-03-13T16:15:14Z")
Neither, actually. [![](http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) ](http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sandra\_Battye](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sandra_battye/32/552_2.png) [@Sandra\_Battye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandra_Battye)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-mugs-violinist-munks/574511/4 "2011-03-13T17:31:56Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ocardowin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ccd318/32.png) [@Ocardowin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ocardowin)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antique-mugs-violinist-munks/574511/5 "2011-03-13T20:35:06Z")
Got another antique…an old chest (ooh, exciting!) Don’t know much about it. Here are pics: [![](http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) ](http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) Close up of design: [![](http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) ](http://tinypic.com/images/goodbye.jpg) Any way to appraise these kind of things remotely, or would I need to take it somewhere?