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Artifact Name	Enamelware Bedpan
Type of Object	Bedpan
Manufacturer	Volbrath Co.
Place of Manufacture	Sheboygan (Wis.)
Date of Manufacture	1930-1940
Time Period	Twentieth century
Dimensions	9 cm. x 24 cm. x 29.7 cm.
Physical Details	White enamelware bedpan with a contoured surface. Small size means pan is likely intended for children. Large top opening is outlined by a painted dark blue border (Approx Pantone 2768C). Two labels on interior of collection area, one largely faded but reading "No. 4900" and another larger blue-backed label reading: "Since 1874, The Volbrath Co. Shebogyan, Wisconsin."
Medical Subject	Toilet Facilities
Other Subject	Bedpans -- History
Accession Number	1990.10.4
Type	Stillimage
Format	image/jp2
Rights Management	© VCU. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection	Medical Artifacts Collection
Contributor	Tompkins-McCaw Library. Special Collections & Archives
Digital Publisher	VCU Libraries
Local genre	medical artifact

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