Some won't know what this is

[treeguyfred]

Two months ago, I found an old collapsed house deep in the woods. Most of it imploded on itself into it's cellar. One side wall was partly still standing because of a very tall Frigidaire super heavy looking refrigerator was holding it up. I wish to this day I had my phone with me(the one time it wasn't attached to my hip) Anyways, I did some peeping and kicking and snooping. Next to the fridge, on the mostly rotted and missing floor that revealed a raccoon skeleton was this item. It had been used as a pipe ashtray there a mostly eaten (mice?)corncob pipe in it and of course plenty of mouse scat and ash evidence. It took a bit to reach it safely and bring it home and it was a monster to clean up, but here it is now.....



~Fred

 

[Bottle 2 Rocks]

Two months ago, I found an old collapsed house deep in the woods. Most of it imploded on itself into it's cellar. One side wall was partly still standing because of a very tall Frigidaire super heavy looking refrigerator was holding it up. I wish to this day I had my phone with me(the one time it wasn't attached to my hip) Anyways, I did some peeping and kicking and snooping. Next to the fridge, on the mostly rotted and missing floor that revealed a raccoon skeleton was this item. It had been used as a pipe ashtray there a mostly eaten (mice?)corncob pipe in it and of course plenty of mouse scat and ash evidence. It took a bit to reach it safely and bring it home and it was a monster to clean up, but here it is now.....

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~Fred

First thing that comes to mind is a spittoon but I'm not married to that idea. Some kinda watering hole for animals-beats me

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

Vintage Bennington Pottery Sea Shell Spittoon/ cushions in Brown drip glaze?... How'd i do.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

 

[treeguyfred]

Right on bubba!

 

[Bottle 2 Rocks]

Vintage Bennington Pottery Sea Shell Spittoon/ cushions in Brown drip glaze?... How'd i do.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

Its a roach motel...they check in but they don't check out..unless you leave the side door open.
I'm back on spittoon speh-ting.

 

[buriedtreasuretime]

Its a roach motel...they check in but they don't check out..unless you leave the side door open.
I'm back on spittoon speh-ting.

Well, very good, the cushion part of the description is a real plus. It’s majolica pottery as well isn’t it, about 1884-89?


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[buriedtreasuretime]

First thing that comes to mind is a spittoon but I'm not married to that idea. Some kinda watering hole for animals-beats me

Sure wouldn’t want the job of cleaning that out! Great find


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[ROBBYBOBBY64]

Sure wouldn’t want the job of cleaning that out! Great find


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That and bed pans.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

 

[Bottle 2 Rocks]

That and bed pans.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

Its a doody job...oops spell check dirty job but someone has to do it, and do it a lot back then.

 

[Harry Pristis]

The corncob pipe is the clue -- it's a pipe ashtray. Pipe dottle drops into the hole so it doesn't smolder and stink in the tray. No one here ever smoked a tobacco pipe?