Are you a toilet expert? Can you help me ?

Hello, I bought a very old house and recently replaced the toilet to help the water bill. I am wondering if anyone can help me figure out what kind of toilet I have and how much it would be worth .(Think antique road show). I really look forward to any and all help!! Also let me know if yall need better or different pictures. THANKS!

 

The design is Art Deco so likely 1930s/1940s.

Debora

 

Try under the lid, under the tank, the top of the back of the tank- there should be a mark somewhere. Folks here don’t generally do appraisals, but might be able to give you enough information so you can find it yourself.

The relative value of the house when the toilet was installed might give you a clue as to the status of the maker, but the fact that it doesn’t appear to have any large visible cracks is a good sign.

 

Good idea to look for a manufacturers mark or stamp. Apparently a big thing lately, people refitting their houses with vintage toilets to match the era of the home. More common with MCM bathrooms, and all the colored toilets of the 50s/60s. There was an entertaining New York Times article about this a half year ago. Not sure if everyone can open it, but here's a link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/realestate/retro-home-decor-bathroom-kitchen.html

I think yours is a bit older as suggested, and I'm seeing a few on Ebay, but none sold. This one below claims to be completely restored. Would be better to find one that sold to get a true estimate of value. Also kind of a difficult item to ship, so have to take that into account.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/174710979477?hash=item28ad95fb95:g:Y-IAAOSwWBJf6OLe

 

I'm going to keep coming back to this thread to see just exactly how many Toilet Experts we actually have here !!!!

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I'm only expert in using one! (LOL)

 

I've re-done a lot of bathrooms over the years with vintage toilets, and I can tell you they aren't cheap and they aren't water efficient either. Look at those huge tanks!
You can look over the prices asked at any architectural salvage company near you.

 

I want a miniature Doulton Lambeth loo.

 

What's the seat and lid made of? I would expect wood on an older model. I don't think heavy plastic or acrylic came in much before the '60s.

 

I'm not an expert on toilets but I have that exact same toilet with a matching porcelain sink in my Mid Town rental. The house was built in 38 or 39. When we remodeled we kept them. My handyman took the whole thing apart and rebuilt it. It still works today.
Mikey

 

I'm still mastering the complexities of side saddle !!!

 

Seats wear out, lose their finish or break pretty quickly. I have rarely seen an original seat on a vintage toilet.

 

plus the newer ones allow for a better fit, to older bums.......

it's true !

 

Hehe!! I do in fact have a few o'those...and the orange variety x

 

Your water closet is worth exactly ZERO dollars, matter of fact it'll cost you dollars to have it hauled away usually.
No matter if new construction or remodel work virtually no one (aside from an oddball or two) installs "antique" plumbing fixtures. After paying THOUSANDS of dollars to install plumbing in walls & under the floor old plumbing fixtures just do not cut it, not even a little bit.
For starters, you can't see the pipes for the most part, they are hidden in the walls & under the floor so the notion that after paying thousands for something no one can see, you are attaching old junk plumbing fixtures to those new pipes is pretty far out there.
Women in particular have very little humor when it comes to their bathrooms.

 

I strongly disagree. Those of us still restoring Victorian and Edwardian bathrooms want them. As I said, visit the nearest architectural salvage business for prices.

 

The problem with that is, modern plumbing wasn't born until the 1930s in the USA. So if you are looking for a Victorian water closet it's out in the back of the house, called a hole in the ground.

 

Vintage toilets definitely have a market, at least in my area... people like the massive flush capability. Modern toilets are generally "water-saving" and many find this a major drawback.

 

Art Deco porcelain fixtures like this have a huge market here. That cistern is a good shape.

As to Victorian, this is what we were doing here: Doulton.




This one is about $500.