A historically important stoneware spittoon marked in hand written cobalt blue script "ELM PARK HOTEL", which we are attributing to an area in Manhattan NY called "Elm Park". The funnel shaped top in Albany glaze and the base with a molded edge with a cobalt blue band, circa 1860, unknown manufacturer but likely NY. It is in very good condition with no damage or repairs, and measures 12" diameter x 7"H. After examining several USA locations called "Elm Park", only 1 "Elm Park Hotel" that would fall into the age category of this piece of stoneware was found and that is in Manhattan NY, the grounds of the original Apthorpe Mansion - this area of Manhattan, known as Elm Park existed between 1764 to 1891. The following excerpt from this article written by the "Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group" regarding this area: "On May 4, 1860, The New York Times printed a sad short piece about the auction of “Elm Park” and the end of an era of rural country living in Manhattan. The next day, the Times reported that the “large property belonging to the Jauncey estate, and more recently to the estate of Colonel Thorne, located between Eighty-ninth and Ninety-third Streets and Sixth and Tenth Avenues, and comprising about 500 lots,” was sold at the Merchants Exchange by Anthony J. Bleeckee. There appear to have been various bidders on pieces of the property, although not by name. Nevertheless, some portion of the land and the old mansion house (i.e., Apthorpe) remained intact. Elm Park became a prominent feature of the Upper West Side neighborhood. In the 1860s it is referred to as “Conrad’s Elm Park.” In the 1860 federal census, a George Conrad, his wife and six children are listed as a household that the census taker labeled “Elm Park Pleasure Grounds and Elm Park Hotel.” The other people listed in the census are “three barkeepers, 3 domestics and 3 laborers.” All are German immigrants. This map of the mid-1860s shows the park’s dimensions and structures within.". Further on the article reveals that the original Apthorpe Mansion may have been used as a dance hall and hotel. Please read the full article which can be accessed via www.upperwestsidehistory.org