Recently, I wrote an article about funny mustaches. One of the people who commented on the article, Patrick Bernauw, pointed out one of the google ads at the side of the article. It was titled mustache mugs and lead to an ebay listing of a few pages of mugs.
The mugs have a ceramic piece across the top to hold the mustache in place while you're drinking! They are hysterical and ingenius all at the same time!
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This picture comes from one of the ads by my mustache article. I must say that I normally totally ignore these ads and would have missed it entirely if not for the observant reader mentioned earlier.
These particular ones are from a company called Shanware Pottery in New Hampshire. They are absolutely hysterical and you can order them left or right handed, if you're wondering.
Apparently these mugs were hugely popular in the Victorian era when men often had long flowing mustaches (i.e. handlebar, etc.). These ceramic pieces helped keep their mustaches groomed and prevented the mustache wax from melting when they were drinking hot beverages.
There are tons of antique ones of these available -- although apparently, the left handed antique mustache mugs are quite rare (go figure!). There does seem to be plenty of places reproducing them though.
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They seem to come in all sorts of styles. Very elaborate and fussy tea cups to metal beer steins.
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They are so funny/great! I think I'll have to buy a couple of these as Christmas gifts this year. Oh, and maybe I'll start taking a little peek at the google ads on the sides of things again too. Who knows what you might be missing!
Thanks for sharing! Your articles are super!