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Chamber Pot

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1881

GUSN

GUSN-6614

Description

White bodied waste bucket has flaring lip, steeped neck tapers slightly inwards to base; iron bail, attached with screws, has central turned wooden handle, painted black.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chamber pots
earthenware
iron (metal)
ironstone (pottery)
vitrification
wood (plant material)
Ironstone
Iron
Earthenware
Semi-Vitrified
POT, CHAMBER

Inscription

""Pat'd Sept. 1881""

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

8.875 x 12 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1380

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