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<p>[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 266491, member: 5170"]As a companion to the commode posting, I'm posting this one. It's mahogany, supposed to be from France ca. 1830, and very well constructed. Note how the legs extend up to the bidet's top. Still rock-solid. The porcelain is "creamware."</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, it doubles as a low table until it's "real" function is needed. </p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, the woman we bought this from used it to display food during dinner parties. Now THAT'S a twisted sense of humor.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've seen just one more of these, and that was in a photo of a museum created from a 19th century Doctor's office in Ireland.[ATTACH=full]83869[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]83870[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]83871[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 266491, member: 5170"]As a companion to the commode posting, I'm posting this one. It's mahogany, supposed to be from France ca. 1830, and very well constructed. Note how the legs extend up to the bidet's top. Still rock-solid. The porcelain is "creamware." As you can see, it doubles as a low table until it's "real" function is needed. As an aside, the woman we bought this from used it to display food during dinner parties. Now THAT'S a twisted sense of humor. I've seen just one more of these, and that was in a photo of a museum created from a 19th century Doctor's office in Ireland.[ATTACH=full]83869[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]83870[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]83871[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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