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I never heard of shaving soap bowls until quite recently. Always mugs where I come from:
Grampa's ceramic, probably English stoneware from before 1909; Dad's white glass, which he used as long as I can remember (which is 1958); my gold-rimmed china, which Dad found for me at the flea market to replace the Pyrex mug I had been using; my plastic Cook's Well-screens mug, which clattered less than the china. (My brother gave me the House of Lords lidded shaving "mug". Steel cover and probably Bakelite vessel. "Convenient, sanitary and economical". It came with soap but you could save it and buy refills. Ca 1930 I would guess. It is shallower than the proper mugs, and would probably clatter less, but I haven't used it.)
Grampa's ceramic, probably English stoneware from before 1909; Dad's white glass, which he used as long as I can remember (which is 1958); my gold-rimmed china, which Dad found for me at the flea market to replace the Pyrex mug I had been using; my plastic Cook's Well-screens mug, which clattered less than the china. (My brother gave me the House of Lords lidded shaving "mug". Steel cover and probably Bakelite vessel. "Convenient, sanitary and economical". It came with soap but you could save it and buy refills. Ca 1930 I would guess. It is shallower than the proper mugs, and would probably clatter less, but I haven't used it.)