Chamber Pot (Bourdaloue)

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Chamber Pot (Bourdaloue)

Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory

Object Description · Getty Museum

Oval chamber pots such as this one have been known since the 1700s as *bourdaloues*. Legend has it that these objects were named after the Jesuit priest Père Louis Bourdaloue, who preached at the court of Louis XIV. Bourdaloue's sermons were apparently so long that the ladies at court asked their maids to supply them with chamber pots so that they would not be forced to leave and miss any of his wisdom. Others guess that Bourdoloue himself needed the vessel during his own sermons as he suffered from the disease hypospadias. This chamber pot has scrolling walls shaped like snail shells, while the handle with its flat thumb rest is formed and painted to resemble a twig. The painted flowers on the sides of the vessel resemble designs from Japanese porcelain. The Prince de Condé, owner of the Chantilly Manufactory, had a large collection of Japanese ceramics, which frequently inspired the factory's porcelain painters.

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https://data.getty.edu/museum/collection/group/45d2f3ef-74a3-414d-b847-94d26f9f6d6c
Artist/Maker
Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory
subject_of[Homepage].id
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103SGZ
Date
about 1740
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
Culture
French
Object Type
Chamber pot

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Object ID
5a915213-6114-4533-b7e1-beaa43193cfd
Object Type
Chamber pot
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Creator
Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory
  • Getty Museum field “Artist/Maker” · copied as is
Culture
French
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Medium
Soft-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
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Department
Decorative Arts
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Credit Line
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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Date
about 1740
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Begin Year
1740
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End Year
1740
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