Bedpan
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1700–1799
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0654.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- pewter
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 30.8 cm
- Width
- 28.0 cm
- Height
- 7.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Patient care
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Presumably used c. 1700s, and possibly later.
- Canada
-
Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. - Function
-
USED FOR COLLECTION OF FECES, ETC. FROM BED RIDDEN PATIENTS. COULD ALSO BE USED AS WASH BASIN FOR GENITALIA, ANUS, ETC. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "LONDON" and unidentified makers symbol [crown above stylized flower, inside oval] stamped twice into underside of pan. "66" printed by hand in black ink on white label fixed to underside of pan. UHN catalogue no. "934.3.1B" printed by hand in white ink on underside of pan.
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- Natural pewter.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Bedpan, circa 1700–1799, Artifact no. 2002.0654, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0654.001/
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