Bedpan
date: label: date made
content: 1822 - 1844
notes: label: Description
content: Flattened circular container with rounded ring-like top around a wide opening and removable, horizontal, scored baluster handle with tiny finial and spool-shaped cap that screws off threaded collar at side for easy cleaning (contents can be poured out); flat bottom, no foot ring. Horizontal seam at midbody. Bottom underside struck twice with circular Poseidon or Neptune touchmark of Edgar & Son, placed opposite the secondary mark of a crowned "X" above "EDGAR / & SON" and three pseudo hallmarks (fourth possibly gone): a right-facing lion (or other animal) passant, imperial crown, and "E&C\o", all in serrated surrounds.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Bristol
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
setName: label: See more items in
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.388646
label: catalog number
content: 388646
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bedpan
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 15 7/8 in x 9 5/8 in; 6.985 cm x 40.3225 cm x 24.4475 cm