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    Spittoon

    • Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
    • Medium: Porcelain
    • Place Manufactured: Greenpoint (now Brooklyn), New York, United States
    • Dates: ca, 1885
    • Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (11.4 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm)  (show scale)
    • Markings: On bottom, printed in black: "UNION / PORCELAIN / WORKS / GREENPOINT / N.Y." in rectangle with apsidal ends. Another mark, probably eagle head with banner, partially legible. "2" incised in glaze.
    • Collections:Decorative Arts
    • Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
    • Accession Number: 1995.150.1
    • Credit Line: Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis
    • Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
    • Caption: Union Porcelain Works (1863-ca.1922). Spittoon, ca, 1885. Porcelain, 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (11.4 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis, 1995.150.1. Creative Commons-BY
    • Image: mark, 1995.150.1_mark_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
    • Catalogue Description: Spittoon, porcelain. Circular, flattened spherical form with wide flaring rim above. White body decorated with a broad black band containing green leaves, brown vines and blue and yellow blossoms around mid-point and a similar band with pink and yellow blossoms on interior of rim; these bands are flanked by gold lines. CONDITION - Some wear and scratches to painted decoration, especially to gold lines at rim.
    • Record Completeness: Good (76%)
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