RARE Child's Doll RUBY GLASS Miniature TOY Chamber Pot

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This is a rare ruby glass toy chamber pot. Child's toy to be used with a doll. Made in the late 1800's or early 1900's. Nice handle. Excellent condition with minor roughness around edge. Measures 2 1/4 inches in diameter and 1 5/8 inches tall. Nice and rare doll accessory. Chamber pot A chamber pot (also a john, a chamberpot, a thunder pot, a jordan , a po (from French "pot de chambre") or simply a potty) consists of a bowl-shaped container with a handle kept in the bedroom under a bed or in the cabinet of a nightstand and generally used as a urinal at night. In Victorian times, some chamber pots would be built into a cabinet with a closable cover. Chamber pots, usually ceramic, often had lids. A peculiar form of chamber pot, the Bourdaloue, was designed specifically for females. The oblong rectangle or oval shape of the vessel, sometimes with a higher front enabled the woman to urinate from a squatting or standing posture without much risk of mishap, and also to help deal with the clothing of the day. The name "Bourdaloue" allegedly comes from that of a famous French Catholic priest, Louis Bourdaloue (1632 - 1704), who delivered such long sermons that females of the aristocracy attending them had their maids bring in such pots discreetly under their dresses so that they could urinate without having to leave. However, this explanation read more

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