Stoneware chamber pot
date: label: date made
content: 1806-1833
name: label: maker
content: Cushman, Paul
notes: label: Description
content: Chamber pots were found in many homes in the United States before the advent of modern indoor plumbing. While some chamber pots were elaborately decorated, this example, made by Paul Cushman of Albany, New York, is strictly utilitarian. The piece is incised only with the name of the potter.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Albany
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content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
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content: Food
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: New York Stoneware
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John Paul Remensnyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0803.50
label: accession number
content: 1977.0803
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0803.050
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chamberpot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, stoneware, coarse (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.5 cm x 20 cm; 6 1/2 in x 7 7/8 in