Chamber pot, Green Gables Heritage Place

White pot with a handle and lid. The pot is also decorated with flowers on each side and on the top of the lid.

Before the days of indoor plumbing, chamber pots were commonly kept under the bed, or in a nightstand commode, as an alternative to a long cold walk to the outhouse in the middle of the night. The introduction of flush toilets started to displace chamber pots in the 19th century, but they remained common until the mid-20th century.