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SPITTOON

Dimensions9 x 17.5 cm (3 9/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Object numberHF.75.97.5
DescriptionEarthenware spittoon made by the PEI Pottery Company; the base flairs out to the top from where the lip dips inward and slopes down to the centre of the spitoon, there is a small round hole in the top of the spitoon, height of walls 6.5 cm, the diameter of hole in the centre approx 2.1 cm, on one side of the spitoon situated (4.9 cm high) from the base is another round hole (3.0 cm diameter), the sides of the spitoon are glazed tannish while the lip and sloping top are black, near the hole in the top is a sunburst of tan radiating into the black