Description:
English pearlware chamber pot. Chamberpots were functional, utilitarian objects in everyone's home in early America. For cold winter's nights and invalid persons, chamberpots were both a necessity and more convenient than a trip to the backyard privy. Mochaware or banded ware was a very common type of ceramic, made in England at a cheap price, and exported to the American market. Round container with wide, flat brim and bulbous sides, tapering to a narrower circular base; applied foot rim to base of chamberpot; attached flat handle with molded leafy terminals; decorated with bands of colored slips on the body of the pot; alternating bands of blue, brown, and ochre, interior of the pot has some evidence of mineral deposits. Wares of this type are often called mochaware, even though this example does not have the characterisitic dendritic decoration. There is a large chip on the underside of the flat brim. There is also a chip to the footrim. Minor star-shaped cracks are found in the interior.

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