OUR VICTOR INSULATOR COLLECTION

Over the years...50 or 60 now I have used a Victor Insulator Mug to drink my hot chocolate...when I was a kid and coffee as I became an adult!  My step grandfather worked at Victor Insulators, Inc. in Victor, NY from 1950 until he retired and moved to Florida in 1963!  When I was a teenager I can remember him bringing boxes of Victor Insulator Mugs to my Mom every time he and Grandma came to visit!  The cupboards became so full of MUGS that Mom began giving them to anyone who would carry some home with them!

When Dennis and I were married in 1962 we were given a set of 8 BLUE Victor Mugs and we still have 6 out of those original 8 as well as a few more that we have collected over the years!  Every morning Denny drinks his coffee from a BLUE mug and I drink my coffee from a Creamy White mug!  They are heavy and just make our coffee taste better as well as keeps it warmer longer!  Throughout the 50 years that we have been married we have collected a variety of Victor Insulator products including Insulators, Ash Trays, Bowls and, yes, more MUGS!  This is a sample of our collection!

These are the BLUE mugs...they hold 7 oz. and have a rather unique design.  The one in the middle photo was given as a Open House at Victor Insulators, Inc. April 28, 1948.  The stack of Blue mugs includes 6 of our original mugs given to us back in 1962 as well as more that we have collected.  Our first Blue Victor bowl was given to us by a schoolmate of my mother who had grown up in Victor, NY as my mother did...we found three other bowls here and there!

Below is our collection of Creamy White Victor Mugs...most are the 7 oz. size but 3 of them are the 5 oz. size!  Also in this group we have collected 5 Creamy White Victor soup/cereal bowls.

Three of which I believe to be the oldest of our Victor Mug collection are pictured below.  First is the Handleless Victor Mug which was the way they made them to begin with for sailors during WWII.  Many of the earlier bottom stamps were black...in later years the word "Victor" was incised into the bottom.

Second is the St. Denis Mug...very heavy and large!

Third is the Shaving Mug which is claimed to have been used by its former owner in the 1930's!

Here is a set of TAN Victor Bowls...one was a door prize at Open House Victor Insulators, Inc. 1946 as well as a 5 oz. Tan Victor Mug.  These mugs were also made in the larger 7 oz. size as they were what I remember using the most when I was a kid.  My Mom probably gave ours away when they moved to Florida in 1963!

I have a few more items to add...so check back OFTEN for updates!  Hope you all enjoy our collection!