Hey ROBBYBOBBY64, Wildcat Wrangling Kat, Buriedtreasuretime, et al,
Yo! RB-Regarding your question about lids. (When you're lucky enough to have them...)
I have a small collection of chamber pots. I took a quick look at the circumference of a few lids. They generally match the lower bowl pretty well. A couple had lids that were under a 1/8" of an overhang. Issue yet to be decided...
Hey Wildcat Wrangling Kat- I believe your Meemaw was one hot Granny and way too cool for this school! That is a great American story about her firing the outhouse. Two seaters were fairly common. There is an old colonial in Wethersfield, CT, the Silas Deane house, that has an original five, maybe six seater! If your Grandparents' property is still in the family, consider putting digging their privy on your bucket list....
Hi Bud buriedtreasuretime- Yup, old cow milking barns sure were hard on clothes and especially footwear.
The gals always wanted the inner nest to be their pristine area. From the dairy men I've encountered, they look upon the bottles and cans, among other farm artifacts, symbols of their proud family labor. They are historic artifacts sharing connections to the earth, animals, and local communities. It doesn't get much better. Just sad to see the small dairy farms disappear in recent decades. Ending on a better note, I'd bet you passed on your interest in bottles to your next generation...
CT Len
Yo! RB-Regarding your question about lids. (When you're lucky enough to have them...)
I have a small collection of chamber pots. I took a quick look at the circumference of a few lids. They generally match the lower bowl pretty well. A couple had lids that were under a 1/8" of an overhang. Issue yet to be decided...
Hey Wildcat Wrangling Kat- I believe your Meemaw was one hot Granny and way too cool for this school! That is a great American story about her firing the outhouse. Two seaters were fairly common. There is an old colonial in Wethersfield, CT, the Silas Deane house, that has an original five, maybe six seater! If your Grandparents' property is still in the family, consider putting digging their privy on your bucket list....
Hi Bud buriedtreasuretime- Yup, old cow milking barns sure were hard on clothes and especially footwear.
The gals always wanted the inner nest to be their pristine area. From the dairy men I've encountered, they look upon the bottles and cans, among other farm artifacts, symbols of their proud family labor. They are historic artifacts sharing connections to the earth, animals, and local communities. It doesn't get much better. Just sad to see the small dairy farms disappear in recent decades. Ending on a better note, I'd bet you passed on your interest in bottles to your next generation...
CT Len