In 1672 the pot was handed over to the City and has stayed with the city ever since. Why its place in history? Well, this is the oldest surviving chamber pot in the country and is indicative of ...

TikTok users were amused and amazed by the unusual history behind the pot in the viral clip, with one saying "this is genius." ...

this was because they did not want the odour from the chamber pots to reach the persons nostrils. While the servants were doing this Queen Elizabeth I was reported to think that they were too noisy.

The history of the toilet is far from dull ... poorer households used a barrel as a toilet to dump the contents of their chamber pots, while wealthier Romans had private toilets.