[General] hawking <the> $55 antique Chinese fruit bowl

[Silverobama]

I wonder if an article is needed in the following sentence:

An Amazon seller was caught reportedly hawking the/a $55 "antique Chinese fruit bowls" that are actually replicas of traditional chamber pots, or spittoons, which were used as mobile potties before indoor plumbingwas common, and continue to serve as training toilets for children.

(Source: https://nypost.com/2021/02/22/55-antique-fruit-bowl-on-amazon-is-actually-a-chamber-pot/)

 

[emsr2d2]

No article should be used there.

 

[Tdol]

You wouldn't use a with bowls, and you would only use the if they were specific bowls.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

And as you might already know, a chamber pot is not a spitoon.

My avatar is a spitoon, also called a cuspidor. They're for spitting, which is why they're spitoons.

 

[jutfrank]

My avatar is a spitoon, also called a cuspidor.

Ah. I've always wondered.

 

[Tdol]

Cuspidor is new to me. I'll remember it in case I ever start chewing tobacco.

 

[Tdol]

Mind you, looking at your picture again, that is a wide flat[tish] ledge. I'm struggling with this.

 

[GoesStation]

Mind you, looking at your picture again, that is a wide flat[tish] ledge. I'm struggling with this.

I'm afraid that's what cuspidors looked like. Better hotels cleaned them frequently. :-(

 

[jutfrank]

I'm now wondering how big Charlie's cuspidor is, and what it must be like to empty it out.

Did they stand on the floor or on tabletops?

 

[GoesStation]

I'm now wondering how big Charlie's cuspidor is, and what it must be like to empty it out.

Did they stand on the floor or on tabletops?

On the floor. They're big — over a foot high, I think — and stood on the floor. I imagine many establishments put a mat under each one to catch the misses.

 

[Tdol]

I'm afraid that's what cuspidors looked like. Better hotels cleaned them frequently. :-(

I am glad to live with today's hotels.

 

[Tdol]

On the floor. They're big — over a foot high, I think — and stood on the floor. I imagine many establishments put a mat under each one to catch the misses.

Heugh