Chamber pot
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A chamber pot is a portable toilet, meant for nocturnal use in the bedroom. It was common in many cultures before the advent of indoor plumbing and flushing toilets.
Japanese chamber pot from the Edo period
Chamber pot in Westerwald ceramics, early 18th century. Archeological find from Bruges.
Blue-glazed Chinese urinal chamber pot. Western Jin (265 A.D.–316 A.D.), on display at Zhangjiagang Museum in Zhangjiagang, China.
Plastic adult chamber pot
Bedpan
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A bedpan or bed pan is a device used as a receptacle for the urine and/or feces of a person who is confined to a bed and therefore not able to use a toilet or chamber pot.
Chamber pot
…word came to mean "toilet" as well. For homes without these items of furniture, the chamber pot was stored under the bed. The modern commode toilet and bedpan, used by bedbound or disabled persons, are variants of the chamber pot. A related item was the bourdalou or bourdaloue, a small handheld oblong ceramic…
Green glazed earthenware bedpan from the 16th or 17th century
Oval stainless steel pan
Portable toileting and support tools.