Ladies' Coach Pot
   
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Pattern Name: Boston State House Pattern Category: Places Series: Floral Border Object Type: Toilet and Personal Hygiene Description: This vessel was also known as a slipper pot or bourdaloue. Ladies' undergarments at the time still had separate legs and were not joined at the center. The vessel could be used with great convenience during a coach journey although the French name is taken from that of a Jesuit priest at the court of Louis XIV whose discourses detained the ladies of the court so long as to make the use of such a vessel a necessity. |
