chamber pots
Portable toilet bowls
A chamber pot is a bowl-shaped container kept in a bedroom for urination and defecation, used before indoor plumbing became standard.
Typically ceramic or metal with a handle, it was stored under the bed or in a nightstand and emptied each morning.
The term now appears mainly in historical contexts or when describing antiques.
- bedpansPortable toilets for bedridden
- urinalsWall-mounted lavatory fixtures
- commodeToilet or storage chest
- toiletWaste disposal fixture
- goes underFails or submerges
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- ancient potteryamphora, amphorae, earthenware, Greek vase, krater
- sanitation historycesspools, cesspits, privies, outhouses, night soil
- Victorian sanitationsewers, sewage, drains, cesspools, flush toilets
- early sewerage systemscesspools, cesspits, drainage channels, drains, sewers
- potterypot, throwing, ceramic vase, terracotta, earthenware
- water systemswater pipes, water pipe, water storage, water line, irrigation ditches
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Shared toilet facilities
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