Ray,
My spittoon came from the Lincoln Station it is
also made by Hall. These were china. Would tend to
guess they would be used in buildings. Tim
--- Ray Bedard <tczephyr@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I recently purchased a ceramic spittoon, it's the
> one with green outside,
> gold trim, white inside and the "Burlington Route"
> logo in gold on the lip.
> It is marked "Hall", a manufacturer of china
> pottery. On the bottom of the
> spittoon, someone wrote in felt pen, "May 5 1949".
>
> I have seen this one and the backed enameled style
> frequenty listed on ebay.
>
> I would like to know the history of both spittons
> and in general how old and
> where these were used. I would think that the baked
> enameled ones would have
> been used on the passenger cars, as these would get
> a lot of rough handling.
> Would the ceramic ones have been used in Q office
> building/depots?
>
> When were these last used? I have searched through
> several book, hoping to
> find photos that would show these but have not yet
> found any.
>
> Thanks
> Ray Bedard
> San Jose CA
>
>
>
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