chamber-pot
- Museum number
- 1961,1102.157
- Description
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Chamber-pot; tin-glazed earthenware; bulbous with flanged rim and flat, wide handle; inside very encrusted with brown deposit; white glazed.
- Production date
- 1650-1700
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 12.50 centimetres
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Height: 12.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- In her August 2001 dissertation 'Household Ceramics at Port Royal, Jamaica, 1655-1692: The Building 4/5 Assemblage' (available on-line as submitted towards a DPhil at Texas A&M University) Madeleine J. Donachie records the find of a similar tin-glazed chamber-pot from this closely dated archaeological context - see pp67-9, fig.4.11 on p.70 & fig.6.24 on p.158.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Damaged; large piece missing from side - August 2006.
- Acquisition date
- 1961
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1961,1102.157
