Randal Bingley
inspects a Georgian chamber pot - probably dating from
about 1830. He reconstructed it from the fragments found
on the foreshore at East Tilbury, near Coalhouse Fort in
2002 - see map below. It is decorated with a design that includes the
initials GR and a crown. It was probably government issue
and the survival of the fragments in the same place
suggest it may have belonged to the garrison at Tilbury Fort which is
nearby. The chamber pot has been
deposited in the Thurrock Museum.
Additional photos courtesy of Kevin Diver.
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