From Haddington, East Lothian
This earthenware plaque dates from the 19th century. It is from a domestic water closet from a house in Haddington in East Lothian.
The small oval plaque is transfer-printed in red. It bears the words 'Silent / "Edina" / Pat No 6716'.
In the 19th century, the water closet, with its water-flushed sewage, gradually replaced the insanitary earth closet, waste from which had to be dumped in the street.
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