Spittoon

Ceramic

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Windham Textile and History Museum

Name/Title

Spittoon

Entry/Object ID

2023.3.1

Description

Ceramic spittoon

Use

Used for expectorating tobacco juices

Context

A common household item in middle and upper-class homes in the 19th and early 20th centuries

Collection

General Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Spittoon

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Spit

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Containers for Smoking & Tobacco

Nomenclature Class

Household Accessories

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Material

Ceramic

Location

Location

Exhibit Room

Mill Manager's Parlor Exhibit

* Untyped Location

Main Museum Building

Category

Exhibit

Date

May 3, 2023

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Found Object

Exhibition

Mill Manager's House Exhibit

Created By

historian@millmuseum.org

Create Date

May 3, 2023

Updated By

historian@millmuseum.org

Update Date

May 3, 2023