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Spittoon

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM Porcelain
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.
ACCESSION NUMBER 1995.150.1
CREDIT LINE Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis
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.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
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 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1995.150.1_view1.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.1995.150.1_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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