Round bentwood form with four tapering finger laps, bentwood rim with straight lap, held together with brass tacks, natural finish.
spittoons
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
Maple
Pine
Shaker
Bentwood
SPITTOON
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
5 5/8 (H), 12 5/8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.149
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