If you mean from long ago, these were used instead of a toilet. There was no indoor Plumbing. In the morning, they were dumped into the street. No, they did not even know that there were bacteria. They thought that diseases were caused by bad air. Men with money wore high heeled shoes to stay out of the mess in the street.
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Chamber pots are containers kept in the bedroom and used, mostly in the winter, before there was indoor plumbing to avoid going out in the cold at night to do toilet business. That is, the pot served as an indoor toilet. Some are elaborate, others are simple large mouth containers. When I was growing up slop jars were the chamber pots. It wasn't so long ago that lots of people used them. I don't know if all rural/farm homes have indoor plumbing today but I doubt it and anywhere they don't you can bet they still uses slop jars (common man's chamber pot). I understand they are still widely used in North Korea.
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Chamber pots were used as portable toilets in the 19th century, providing a convenient and private way for people to relieve themselves indoors, especially at night. They were commonly kept under beds or in bedrooms for easy access.
A chamber pot was a ceramic or metal pot used in bedrooms to serve as a toilet. It was placed in a wooden bench or nice piece of furniture. It had a lid to cover the chamber pot. There were chamber maids who had to empty the chamber pots and clean them thoroughly. We have commodes today that serve the same purpose for sick and disabled people.
In the 1800s, common types of toilets included chamber pots, outhouses, and early versions of indoor flush toilets.
They didn’t have them. People used chamber pots and threw the contents into the street below their window. When gunpowder was made there were men who came to get urine for the salt peter needed to make gunpowder. The king has the royal stool. This was a box with a chamber pot inside.
In the 1800s, bathroom facilities were very basic and often consisted of outdoor privies or chamber pots used indoors. Indoor plumbing and modern bathrooms as we know them today were not common until later in the century.
It was not fun emptying chamber pots every morning, but someone had to do it.
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It is unknown who invented the Chamber pot, however, the earliest chamber pots were discovered in greece.
Yes a long time ago though
Such chamber pots are selling online for about $130 as of June 2013.
Yes! They used them into the 1900s!
a few synonyms for da word chamber pot are bedpan, chamber, jerry, jordan, pisspot, potty thunder mug. These are all from dictionary.com
your buying some expensive pot
A chamber pot is a small usually ceramic bowl with a handle that is primarily used for urinating or defecation by medical patients who are bed ridden.
Chamber pots were used as portable toilets in the 19th century, providing a convenient and private way for people to relieve themselves indoors, especially at night. They were commonly kept under beds or in bedrooms for easy access.
A chamber pot was a ceramic or metal pot used in bedrooms to serve as a toilet. It was placed in a wooden bench or nice piece of furniture. It had a lid to cover the chamber pot. There were chamber maids who had to empty the chamber pots and clean them thoroughly. We have commodes today that serve the same purpose for sick and disabled people.
The exact value of a Crown Devon Fieldings chamber pot depends on the year it was made and the condition. The worth is also determined by how many of the pots were originally made.