Lavatory Collection

Suffragette - Womens Rights - Bloomerism
A woman wearing bloomers is stopped by a Policeman from entering a Ladies Public Toilet as she is wearing bloomers, which PC Plod views as unsuitable for a lady! Date: 1913

Drunk Stockbroker - confused by toilet roll
Drunk Stockbroker - confused by a toilet roll, which he takes to be the ticker tape! (which would have provided him with the latest market prices). Date: circa 1910s

Sanitary ware, Plate 42, showing wash basins, urinals and toilet bowls in a range of styles. Date: circa 1880s

Knightsbridge, London - looking east. The Hyde Park Hotel is on the left. Date: circa 1910s

Advert for Ewarts Califront hot water 1928
" Just turn the tap" Ewarts Califront hot water instantly night or day. Hot water supply to bath, lavatory, basin ect. 1928

Lavatory made out of the trunk of a Redwood
Lavatory made out of the trunk of a Giant Redwood Tree at Mount Patterson, California.The Twig lettering on the top reads Rest Room !

Comic postcard, Ladies Only toilet - Put me among the girls! Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Men Only toilet - Where are you going to, my pretty maid? Date: early 20th century

Advert, William Stevenson & Co, Glasgow
Advert for William Stevenson & Co, bathroom fittings, Brown Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

A Gentleman and a Lady descend into a public convenience
A Gentleman and a Lady descend elegantly into their respective public conveniences Date: circa 1905

Short S14 Sarafand, S1589, aft storage space and lavatory equipment

Smart Bathroom 1913
A state-of-the-art bathroom, fully tiled, with lavatory, bath, shower head, bidet and wash basin. Date: 1913

Advert for Morrison, Ingram & Son bath and lavatories 1888
Advertisement in a trade book for 1888, specialities of the manufactures of patent steamless and noiseless baths and lavatories, patent spray, cascade, trinal and other closets

Vitramant Coloured Pedestal Lavatory (washbasin) finished in black enamel. Date: circa 1920s

Standard Sanitary Appliances suite in Rose de Barry pink. Date: circa 1920s

Vitromant Coloured pedestal Lavatory (Wash Basin)
Vitromant Coloured pedestal Lavatory (Wash Basin / sink) in pink enamel with chromium plated fittings. Date: circa 1920s

Novio toilet paper advertisement, 1915
Advertisement for Novio, the finest toilet paper ever produced - antiseptic, thin, soft, strong and silky. Date: 1915

Small dog alerts his mistress to her impending error
Where are you going my pretty maid? - A small dog alerts his mistress to her impending error of choosing the wrong entrance to the public lavatories... Date: circa 1910s

Fitted Bathroom 1903
Example of a fitted bathroom, with tiled walls and porcelain plunge bath, perfecto lavatory etc. taken from Maple & Cos book: Healthy Homes Date: 1903

Advert for Maple fitted bedroom furniture 1898
Inexpensive fitted bedroom furniture and also an example of a cabinet with casting and carved panels and a sink with hot and cold taps. Date: 1898

Housewife in the backyard of her terraced home with children
A beautifully-shot study of a Housewife in the backyard of her terraced home with her children. Date: circa 1910s

A selection of household brushes- from top to bottom: Bass Broom Heads; closet or lavatory brushes; Sweeps brushes; and Hearth brushes. Date: c. 1910

Punk in toilet at gig in Manchester
A punk with the rather apt word Unrest on his black jacket leans against the wall of a toilet at a punk gig in Manchester. Date: circa 1982

Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Armitage Green Basin
Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Armitage Green Wash Basin (sink). Date: circa 1920s

The Senlac Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin) Suite in Dove Tigrato, Veneto Crocicohio or Cippolino Versilla. Date: circa 1920s

Standard Sanitary Appliances suite in Claire de Lune Blue. Date: circa 1920s

Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Staffordshire Blue Closet
Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Staffordshire Blue Water Closet (toilet). Date: circa 1920s

The Classic Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin) Suite
The Classic Marble Lavatory (Wash Basin / sink) Suite in Breche Violetta Rose Aurore Date: circa 1920s

Vitromant Coloured Shelf Lavatory (Wash Basin / sink) - from the Vitromant Sanitaryware range - from a catalogue for Nicholls and Clarke Ltd. London

Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware -Dove Grey Basin
Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Dove Grey Wash Basin (sink). Date: circa 1920s

Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Mottled Amber Basin
Armitage Coloured (Mottle) Ware - Mottled Amber Wash Basin (sink). Date: circa 1920s

Mens Lavatory
A rather dodgy looking gent emerges from a mens lavatory in central London. Date: 1980s

Richard Dickinson
RICHARD DICKY DICKINSON Lavatory attendant at Scarborough Spa : he is the only named lavatory attendant in our collection. Date: 1669 - ?

Gents toilet with slate roof, North Wales
A circular gents toilet, built in 1850 with stone walls and a slate roof, somewhere in North Wales where the slate is quarried

Edwardian Lavatory
A late Victorian or Edwardian latrine, boxed into a room decorated with patterned yellow wallpaper

1940S LOO
A typical 1940s lavatory, with green walls and black and white floor tiles, separated from the bathroom

Smart Bathroom 1911
A state-of-the-art bathroom, fully tiled, with lavatory, bath, shower head, bidet and wash basin

BABYs BATHTIME 1912
Mother and baby in a modern bathroom

Public toilet
Picturesque mens convenience at Pont Aven, Bretagne, France

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