Creamware Chamber Pot

Three base and body sherds from a creamware chamber pot. The base measures to 4.75 inches in diameter. These ceramic fragments composed one of several similar undecorated creamware chamber pots found in a cistern associated with the Pearl Street House, a hotel ca. 1825-1853.

• Object number

  1143.3, 1143.21, 1143.20

• Date made

  1770 - 1890s

• Dimensions

  Base Diameter 12 cm

• Animals/objects

  Chamber Pot

• Category

  Sanitary

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 26*, Test Cut AP, Cistern Deposit: Grayish, Yellowish and Rust Brown Silty Sand in Feature (624.1143)

• Forms

  Base/Body

  Footring

• Ware types

  Creamware

• Techniques

  Press Molded