Commode

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Object Name:	Commode
Accession Number:	1976.406.92a-d
Cultural Context:	Decorative Arts and Material Culture
Absolute Date:	c.1880
Description:	Close/Night Stool (d), wood, with ceramic pot (c), wooden cover (a), wooden rim (b);English Victorian mahogany Commode with a hinged lid which opens top expose a circular wooden cover (indented finger hold) above an earthenware bowl, white with crazing, and of a ;conical shape. dia 9". Typical commode of the period, rarely found in North America.;Note: heavy wear to top - used as seating.
Institution:	Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery Facebook-Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery Twitter-Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery YouTube-Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery
Institution City:	Red Deer
Institution Province:	Alberta

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