Item 12153
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this rare Stoneware Cuspidor Spittoon whose decoration indicates that it was made by J. Swank & Co., Johnstown, PA.
 
Jacob Swank ran the family pottery in Johnstown in the 1860s (Phil Shaltenbrand, Big Ware Turners, pp. 100-102). 
 
This beauty features a Tooled Rim and Base, Eight Upright Leaves Around the Outside, and Three Tulips Forming a Pinwheel on the Top.  Measures 3 1/2" tall and 7" wide. 
 
Good Condition.  Minor nibbles around the top edge, restoration for a 3 1/4" spot on the top edge (closeup 1), and a 1 1/2" vertical hairline on the bottom of the left side that wraps under 2 1/4" (closeup 2).  
 
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