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Chamber Pot

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1880-1903

GUSN

GUSN-6615

Description

Simple bulbous white bucket with gadrooning along top edge, flutes along sides; two built up sockets for the handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chamber pots
earthenware
vitrification
gadrooning
Earthenware
Semi-Vitrified
Gadroon
POT, CHAMBER

Inscription

""M & Co"" (probably Moore & Co.)

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

8.875 x 9.714 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1381

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