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Description
This chamber pot and lid were thrown into the privy of a house on Brown Street in Portland that abutted the Wadsworth-Longfellow House.
When a house had running water and a bathroom, the chamber pot was no longer necessary.
This one was discovered during an excavation in 2006.
About This Item
- Title: Chamber pot and lid, Portland, ca. 1875
- Creation Date: circa 1875
- Subject Date: circa 1875
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glazed earthenware
- Local Code: ME357-129.79
- Object Type: Physical Object
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