Lot Essay
The small size and delicate decoration suggest that this spitoon was made for a woman rather than a man.
Details
A SALT GLAZED AND COBALT DECORATED STONEWARE LADY'S SPITOON
STAMPED COWDEN & WILCOX, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 1869-1887
Circular, with tapering top opening to a recepticle above a conforming body decorated with leaves and stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX" below an oval drainage spout--3½in. high, 6¼in. diameter
STAMPED COWDEN & WILCOX, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 1869-1887
Circular, with tapering top opening to a recepticle above a conforming body decorated with leaves and stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX" below an oval drainage spout--3½in. high, 6¼in. diameter
Provenance
Jim Kappler, June 30, 1991