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Ceramic spittoon; white with animal design; rooster, grasshopper, walrus, turtle, fox, muskrat; animals in red with red and blue grass surrounding them; black band around rim.
spittoons
glazing (coating)
painting (coating)
porcelain
tin (metal)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
foxes (animals)
grasshoppers (animals)
musquashes
red jungle fowl
Chelonia
walrus
Porcelain
Painted
Tin Glazed
Rooster
Grasshopper
Walrus
Turtle
Fox
Muskrat
SPITTOON
Stamped on bottom: ""UNION/ PORCELAIN/ WORKS/ GREENPOINT/ N.Y."" ""U.P.W."" w/ eagle's head w/ letter ""S"" in its beak (see sheet attached to worksheet w/ info. on this company--this mark was filed for registration on May 4, 1877).
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Union Porcelain Works (Maker)
Greenpoint, NY, USA
4.75 (H), 6.625 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.397
New York state (United States)
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