Pot, chamber
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.1725.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Steel Wares
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ENAMELLED IRON.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 25.5 cm
- Width
- 24.4 cm
- Height
- 12.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Patient care
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GSW
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO COLLECT URINE & FECES, ESPECIALLY FROM INFIRM OR BED RIDDEN PATIENTS. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF COMMON CHAMBERPOT, USED TO COLLECT HUMAN WASTES FOR EXAMINATION AND/OR EVENTUAL DISPOSAL. USED IN HOSPITALS & NURSING HOMES FOR ILL OR INFIRM PATIENTS. ALSO USED IN HOMES, FARMS AND COTTAGES AS ADDITIONAL OR TEMPORARY WASTE RECEPTACLE. SLANG TERM IS "THUNDER MUG", THE SOUND PRODUCED WHEN POT IS BEING FILLED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Label on pot front only partially legible; reads " O [ ] L/ Enamele[d]/ Ware/ [MADE I]N CANADA/ [GENER]AL STEEL/ [W]ARES ".
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WHITE FINISH; BLACK TRIM ON RIM AND HANDLE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Steel Wares, Pot, chamber, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1981.1725, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.1725.001/
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