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Chamber Pot

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1904

GUSN

GUSN-73245

Description

White, pink, and green chamber pot with a footed bowl, steep sides, lip, applied handle; lid, mushroom handle

Details

Descriptive Terms

chamber pots
earthenware
floral patterns
rose (genus)
Receptacle, Human Waste
Pot, Chamber
Pot, Chamber

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Mintons (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Stoke-on-Trent, England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

6 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 9 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.3255.4

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