Product Overview

A working apothecary shaving mug in handmade stoneware, made in the USA by one of America’s last commercial stoneware factories, in Parker’s words. The design detail that matters: it holds shave soaps up to 3 inches round, where Parker notes most mugs take only 2.5 inch soaps.

The shape does the lathering work: a tapered interior Parker states creates a great lather with any size brush, an apothecary handle for the off hand, and heavyweight walls that hold heat through the shave. 5 x 4 x 4 inches, in ivory.

Key Features

• ✓ Holds shave soaps up to 3 inches round, per Parker, where most mugs stop at 2.5
• ✓ Tapered design that Parker states builds a great lather with any size brush
• ✓ Heavyweight stoneware walls for heat retention, per Parker
• ✓ Apothecary handle for a firm hold with wet hands
• ✓ Handmade stoneware, made in the USA by one of America’s last stoneware factories
• ✓ Warm ivory glaze in the traditional barbershop style

What Is Included

• ✓ One Parker SMI Ivory Apothecary Shaving Mug, handmade stoneware, 5 x 4 x 4 inches

The mug alone. No soap or brush is included, and Parker’s printed name for it is “SMI Ivory Apothecary Shaving Mug”.

Product Specifications

What This Mug Does

A shaving mug is the soap’s home and the lather’s workshop: the puck lives in the bottom, the brush loads on it, and the taper of the walls whips water and soap into lather without slinging it over the counter.

Parker states the mug accommodates shave soaps up to 3 inches round, that its tapered design allows a great lather with any size brush, and that the heavyweight construction retains heat. Those are Parker’s claims for its own mug, and Taconic, for one, sizes its 3 inch soap pucks to fit this mug by name.

Who This Is Best For

How To Use It

Set a soap puck in the bottom, soak your brush in warm water and shake out the excess, then work the brush over the soap in circles. Build the lather up the tapered walls or straight on the face.

Warming the mug first with hot tap water makes the stoneware’s heat retention work for you from the first pass.

Care and Storage

Tip standing water out after shaving and let the soap dry in the mug uncovered. Parker publishes no further care instructions; stoneware asks little more than a rinse and a safe shelf.

Shipping and Returns

Ships fast from Montreal, Canada. Free shipping in Canada on orders $49+.

See our Shipping Policy and Return & Refund Policy for full details.

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