A George III mahogany night stool circa 1780

the domed top opening to reveal a fitted interior with a Wedgwood type creamware bowl, the exterior with carrying handles to each side

Very good condition with only a few light marks and cracks throughout. The lid has some small marks and some chips to the corners.
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The first reference to these mahogany night stools, described as bidets, is in the Inventory of Household Furniture and Effects at Chatsworth taken in December 1792 by John Fletcher. They were located in most of the closets. It is not possible, through the pausity of the descriptions, to determine which night stools in this lot and the subsequent lots stood in which room. This position is made even more difficult as a large number of mahogany night stools are also recorded in the early nineteenth century inventories of both Devonshire House and Chiswick. As a rule those with pottery liners tended to be in the principle bedrooms, although copper lined night stools were recorded in the Duke and Duchess' bedrooms.