Chamber Pot

Date1625-1650

Artist/Maker Jan Baldems Mennicken

OriginEurope, Germany, Westerwald, Hohr-Grenzhausen

MediumSalt-glazed stoneware

DimensionsOverall: 5 3/16 x 8 7/8 x 7 5/16in. (13.2 x 22.5 x 18.6cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1967-522

DescriptionGlobular pot, of light gray clay, with wide flat rim; thick strap loop handle with coil terminal; decorated with two series of incised and relief lines, one below rim, other above base, each series includes a band of cobalt. Around center: three applied oval pads molded in a relief with coat of Arms incorporating: helmet, flanked with scrolls supporting crest of Lorraine cross (two horizontal and one vertical bars, each with equal arms) flanked by initials "I" and "M", helmet supported by arms-shield decorated with: indistinguishable item left, inter-woven lines center, and cross of Lorraine right. Coat of Arms opposite handle flanked by lions passant. Coats of Arms partly decorated, and arms and lions outlined in cobalt.
Markings"I M" above coat of arms, three times