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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Hotglass on June 26, 2007, 04:12:21 PM
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What is a Cuspidor for ? Is this really Carnival ? It doesn't have much of a pattern. I'm not even sure you can call it hobnail. I like it tho. Ed.
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No photo?
A cuspidor is a polite word for a spittoon....i.e. something you spit into! Considered to be used by those who chewed tobacco, I have a theory that they were also much used during the times that TB was commonplace.
I can hopefully answer your other questions if you've got a photo :)
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Sorry http://pictures.kyozou.com/pictures/_4/3635/3634838.jpg
Spittoon Thanks. I would never have thought of that. Looked like something to put a flower pot into. Ed.
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That's an Imperial item (USA) and it's usually referred to as Hobnail Soda Gold spittoon (it is similar to the Soda Gold version, but the raised bumps earn it the extra bit in the title :)). It's easily found in the USA, though not so common in the UK, of course.
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Glad to read you back GLEN :-*
also tea tasters like my husband used to have a spitoon :P his was made of copper