Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Improved Order of Red Men Shaving Mug
1891-1907
T. & V. (Tressemanes & Vogt)
France: Limoges
Stoneware, paint
overall: 3-5/8"h x 4-5/8"w x 3-9/16"d
Museum Purchase
2015.006.1

Improved Order of Red Men shaving mug. White with handle on one side. Round flared base with gold striping. Gold striping on handle and around rim. Image of a green wreath with red berries painted on the front. Inside the wreath is a shield with a gold eagle holding a red, white and blue shield reading "T.O.T.E." The large shield is divided into red, blue and green sections with a gold tent in the center. Gold symbols are painted on either side. Yellow banners below the tent read "Freedom Charity / Friendship." Painted in gold below the wreath is "B.F. Shank." On the bottom is a maker's mark and "P. Eismann" written in red.