Item 100161 - Chamber pot and lid, Portland, ca. 1875
- Item 100161 - Chamber pot and lid, Portland, ca. 1875
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- Item 100161
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Image Info This chamber pot and lid were thrown into the privy of a house on Brown Street in Portland that abutted the Wadsworth-Longfellow House.
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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.
