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.
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.
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.
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