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Message:: [QUOTE="Debora, post: 2535926, member: 1476"]Late '50s/early '60s.  Old tyme-y repro of a shaving mug.  More decorative, I'd think.  Men had been using safety razors for generations by then and drinking coffee from mugs was uncommon. "National Potteries corporation (also known as Napco) was started in 1938 in Bedford, OH. Napco was initially a producer of decorative floral containers, but they soon began importing items like glassware, pottery, and ceramic items from Japan. Much to the chagrin of the American based pottery companies that opened after WWII,  Japanese ceramic imports peaked from 1956 to the early 1960’s and it is estimate that this is the time period that many of the figurines were produced. Napco has held the interest of collectors because the ceramic items are consistently well-designed. Napco used multiple manufacturer marks for their head-vases and figurines with some being transfer marks and others being paper labels. The following could be found on their paper labels: "A Napco Collection," "Napco Originals by Giftware," "National Potteries Co., Cleveland, OH, Made in Japan," and "Napcoware, Import Japan." The “Napcoware” figurines, which are seen as being lesser in quality by some collectors, but this is not a universal consensus." Debora[/QUOTE]