This spittoon by Knowles, Taylor and Knowles Co.
is circa 1918 .
Size: 5 3/8" H x 7 7/8" Dia.

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This company has been called the epitome
of the early American whiteware industry.
Companies like KT&K helped make East Liverpool,
Ohio, the center of the American whiteware industry.
Their first whiteware dates back to 1872.
The S V on the bottom stands for Semi-Vitrious.
This is a simple white basically unadorned spittoon of it's day.
What you have here is history.
There is fine crazing otherwise it is as it appears.
It is 5 1/2" tall and 8" dia.
Resource: Debolt's Dictionary of AMERICAN POTTERY MARKS by Gerald DeBolt