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

Some 18th or 19th-century antiques mistaken for gravy boats might actually be something else entirely—a bourdaloue or a portable ladies’ chamber pot. “I’m not trying to scare anybody ...

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.