Georgian wedding-gift chamber pot from the Georgian House collection

A Curious Collection

Now showingPermanent collection·£13.50

Intriguing 18th-century household objects hidden in every room, from an 1830 medicine chest to a poem-inscribed wedding chamber pot and a baffling plate warmer.

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A Curious CollectionCourtesy of The Georgian House
Catherine Opie: To Be SeenCourtesy of National Galleries Scotland: National
Halloween at Camera ObscuraCourtesy of Camera Obscura & World of Illusions
Colours of the Past: A Creative Writing ExhibitionCourtesy of The Writers' Museum
The Georgian HouseStephencdickson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
National War MuseumStefan Schäfer, Lich / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
National Galleries Scotland: NationalM J Richardson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
Camera Obscura & World of IllusionsInterestingfax, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Writers' MuseumStefan Schäfer, Lich (Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA 3.0

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