Antique French Cast Iron Spittoon (or Crown!) in Original Cream Paint sketchbook drawings and one I think I

and one I think I would never tire of looking at

with this ambiguous architectural structure at the center

Veronica wiped his sweat and blood with it

waiting (praying) for one to fall

The earlyist of the three appears to date to 1989

Antique French Cast Iron Spittoon (or Crown!) in Original Cream Paint sketchbook drawings and one I think IThis is a late 19th century enamel painted French cast iron spittoon, marked Godin & Cie A Guise Aisne No. 11 on the underside. I wouldn't expect to fall in love with an old spittoon, but the combination of form and color on this thing really does it for me. And, turn it over and wear it as a crown! It would make a pretty fabulous dog bowl for a very special dog, now, but also a very beautiful centerpiece filled, say, with an arrangement of old stone