This mid-1800s untilitarian Rockingham pottery piece is a ring shape bedpan or urinal. A virtually identical bedpan is pictured in detail at the top of the Museum of Ceramics (East Liverpool Ohio) Rockingham web page. They state the maker as unknown. Unlike the common slipper-style bedpans of the era, this circular design features a molded fleur de lis and inverted V symbol at the base of the handle.

The bed pan is 15-1/4 inches long by 11" diameter. The Rockingham glaze retains a beautiful, glossy shine with wonderful marbling. The neck opening has two aged, shallow nicks on the back or bottom side, about 3/8 of an inch long, They can't be seen from the front or top. The bedpan was taken directly off the wall of a northern Utah estate, and the plate hanger on the back came with it. I don't have the hand strength or the appropriate tool to remove it safely, but the buyer may want to use wire cutter pliers if you don't plan to hang it. All white spots in the photos are from glare or reflections.