White Salt-Glazed Stoneware Chamber Pot

(1720 - 1785)

Approximately half of an undecorated white salt glazed stoneware chamber pot with a plain, slightly rolled rim. The chamber pot has a low wedge footring. The rim measures to 7 inches in diameter and the height is 4.5 inches. The handle is missing. Consists of 13 mended sherds in two sections that mend but are not mended, 4 sherds that mend but are not mended, and 9 sherds that do not mend but are most likely from the same vessel.

  • Object number

    430.18, 430.102, 430.66, 430.119, 430.29, 430.69, 430.5, 430.16, 430.8, 430.6, 430.56, 430.39, 430.61, 430.7, 430.4, 430.55, 430.93, 430.104, 430.57, 430.23, 430.122, 430.60, 430.151, 430.148, 430.43, 430.117

  • Date made

    1720 - 1785

  • Dimensions

    Rim Diameter 7 inches

    Height 4.5 inches

  • Animals/objects

    Chamber Pot

  • Category

    Household

  • Class

    Ceramic

  • Functions

    Sanitary

  • Material

    Stoneware

  • Context

    Lot 28, Privy Deposit: Level 4 (624.430)

  • Forms

    Base/Body/Rim

  • Ware types

    White Salt-Glazed

  • Techniques

    Wheel Thrown

7 Hanover Square

Manhattan, 7 Hanover Square

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