# Twee kwispedoors

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1715 - c. 1725
- Medium: faience
- Classification: spittoon
- Dimensions: height 8.9 cm x diameter 12.4 cm
- Credit line: Gift of the heirs of J.F. Loudon, The Hague
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-NM-12400-403--a6f6ed6ccf5d5df9c10d225a4ca57d9a)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/xoNug/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The use of tobacco became extremely popular in the 18th century. Whether chewed or smoked, it produced juices in the mouth that were disposed of in specially designed receptacle called spittoons (also known as cuspidors, derived from the Portuguese word for ‘spitter’). These examples are appropriately decorated with scenes from the tobacco harvest. Enslaved men pick tobacco leaves, while plantation owners sit together smoking, with a few spittoons before them on the table.