Trading Vintage Plumbing

When John offered up this vitreous monster, a pillbox tank with a bead and reel-like design, the trading got heavy. I countered with a splendid deco tank, plus a 20's wall mount sink with fab backsplash. Other pieces emerged.

It was great, all that talk about vintage plumbing, the Trenton mills, and early sanitary engineering. John and I completely lost track of time, it got dark, and finally our spouses intervened. They seemed sore. 'What up with that'?