Earthenware chamber pot, glazed and inscribed with poems
If British houses in the 1800s had toilets they were usually outside in the backyard or at the end of the garden. Chamber pots, which were usually kept under people’s beds, were often more convenient, especially on cold nights. This earthenware pot is inscribed with a poem called ‘Marriage’:
This Pot is A Present Sent
Some mirth to make is only meant
We hope the same you’ll not refuse,
But keep it safe and of it Use
When you want to Piss
Remember them who sent you this present
and the additional lines
What do I see,
Keep me clean and use me well
and what I see I shall not tell.
Details
- Category:
- Public Health & Hygiene
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A641230
- Materials:
- earthenware
- type:
- chamber pot
- credit:
- Pinna