Vintage Copper and Brass Union Pacific Railroad Embossed Spittoon Weighted Disc on Inside to prevent tipping   

ON AUCTION IS A VINTAGE COPPER AND BRASS UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD EMBOSSED SPITTOON. ALTHOUGH IT HAS A METAL WEIGHTED DISC ON INSIDE TO PREVENT TIPPING AND HAS CLEAR USED WEAR IT APPEARS TO BE A LATER MID 20TH CENTURY REPRODUCTION.
 
SPITTOONS WERE COMMON IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES DUE TO THE USE OF CHEWING TOBACCO AND WERE OFTEN FOUND ON PASSENGER TRAINS AND ON RAILWAY STATIONS. AFTER THE 1918 FLU EPIDEMIC, BOTH HYGIENE AND ETIQUETTE ADVOCATES BEGAN TO DISPARAGE PUBLIC USE OF THE SPITTOON, AND USE BEGAN TO DECLINE. CHEWING GUM REPLACED TOBACCO AS THE FAVORITE CHEW OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION. CIGARETTES WERE CONSIDERED MORE HYGIENIC THAN SPIT-INDUCING CHEWING TOBACCO.
 
THESE DURABLE BRASS OR COPPER SPITTOONS WERE WEIGHTED TO PREVENT TIPPING AND OFTEN FEATURED THE UNION PACIFIC LOGO. THEY ARE NOW POPULAR AS COLLECTIBLES FOR RAILROAD ENTHUSIASTS. 
 
A STRIKING DECORATIVE ITEM FOR DISPLAY OR USE.
 
DIMENSIONS: 25CM HIGH 23CM TOP RIM
 
CONDITION: SOME MINOR DENTS AND USED WEAR VISIBLE ON OUTSIDE. ON INSIDE LOTS OF USED WEAR ON WEIGHTED BOTTOM PLATE.
 
MARKINGS: UNION PACIFIC RR
 
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD (1862-present):
The original company, Union Pacific Rail Road (UPRR), was created and funded by the US federal government by Pacific Railroad Acts of 1862 and 1864 signed by Presiden Lincoln. The laws were passed as war measures to forge closer ties with California and Oregon, which otherwise took six months to reach. Union Pacific remains a trusted mainstay on the America's landscape.
 
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