Independent Order of Odd Fellows Shaving Mug. Austria, late 19th/early 20th century. Porcelain shaving mug with the name “J.A. Lytle” in gold leaf lettering. White body with gold leaf lettering. Height 3 ½”. Gilding rubbed in some spots, otherwise fine. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was founded in Baltimore, Maryland by Thomas Wildey in 1819. Thirty-two years later it would become the first national fraternity to accept both men and women into its ranks. Today the organization boasts lodges in countries all over the world, among them Brazil, Argentina, Germany, the Netherlands, and Australia.