"Crachoir de poche en laiton nickelé de la fin du XIXéme siècle."
Pocket spittoon in nickel-plated brass from the end of the 19th century.Marked “H.P 16” (Pulmonary Hospital)
Complete with its funnel.
Height: 10cm
Belly diameter: 6 cm
Good condition with traces of use
Tuberculosis had become a real scourge in the 19th century. The use of the cuspidor became popular in 1882 when Robert Koch isolated the tuberculosis bacillus. It was common to spit on the ground, thus facilitating the spread of scourges such as tuberculosis. Luxurious in silver, porcelain, opaline or earthenware on the night table for the most well-off; on the ground in copper or sandstone in public places or more discreetly in the pocket, the spittoon became a common object.
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