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It might be stored in a cabinet with doors to hide it; this sort of nightstand was known as a commode, hence the latter word came to mean "toilet" as well. For homes without these items of furniture, the chamber pot was stored under the bed. The modern commode toilet and bedpan, used by bedbound or disabled persons, are variants of the chamber pot.
The Sanisette contains a toilet behind a door that opens when a button is pressed or, in the case of a pay toilet, a coin inserted into a control panel on the outside of the toilet. A washbasin is provided (the style varies with the model of Sanisette). When a user enters the toilet, the door closes to provide privacy.
A commode chair from Pakistan Museum collection of toilets, bed pans, hip baths, etc. The modern toilet commode is on the right. 19th century heavy wooden toilet commode. In British English, "commode" is the standard term for a commode chair, often on wheels, enclosing a chamber pot—as used in hospitals and the homes of disabled persons. [1]
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Silver-gilt service made in London in 1777–78 for the Swedish royal family A toilet service in silver. A toilet service is a set of objects for use at the dressing table. The term is usually reserved for large luxury sets from the 17th to 19th centuries, with toilet set or vanity set [1] used for later or simpler sets. Historically, services ...
A large well and bathing platforms at Harappa, remains of the city's final phase of occupation from 2200 to 1900 BC The bathroom-toilet structure of the ruler's house, on Lothal's acropolis c. 2350 BC Bathing platform and communal drain, Lothal's acropolis, c. 2350 BC Well, and drain, Lothal's acropolis, c. 2350 BC
One type of potty chair, placed directly over the toilet, is called a "Toilet Training Seat" and allows ejected fecal material from a young child to drop directly into the toilet bowl, therefore eliminating manual removal and disposal of the said waste from a receptacle beneath the hole, which is often a bag or receptacle similar to a chamber pot.
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