Close Stool Pan (Commode Pot)
date: label: date made
content: 1778 - 1807
notes: label: Description
content: Tall, tapered cylindrical, handleless pot with wide, horizontal, single-reeded rim and rounded bottom on an applied, molded foot ring or base; made to be placed in a commode chair or stool. Molded band around underside of rim at juncture with sides. Two pairs of incised lines around exterior. Partial touchmark on rim face "[I]&H" in raised serif letters inside a finely serrated, cyma-curved, oblong surround. No other marks apparent.
label: Description
content: Maker is John Ingram II & Charles Hunt of Bewdley, Worcestershire, England; brothers-in-law worked in partnership, 1778-1807. Their firm was a major producer of pewterware for use in England and export to North America.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Bewdley
label: place used
content: United States: New England
topic: label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
label: Subject
content: Personal Accessories
label: Subject
content: Personal Hygiene
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388640
label: catalog number
content: 388640
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pan, close stool
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/8 in x 12 in; 20.6375 cm x 30.48 cm
label: Measurements
content: rim width: 1 3/4 in; 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: base diameter: 5 5/8 in; 14.2875 cm