Lizzie Borden Society Forum

Yes that has been my understanding as well. Andrew throwing wash water in the yard is much less distastefull than throwing the contents of his chamberpot out there -so it is a valid distinction!

I remember we chatted elsewhere about this, I just forget where. Yes, A slop pail , which is about 12-14 inches high (and holds a hatchet handily) could have waste water from a bowl and pitcher or residue from a chamber pot, or both at the same time. They always had a lid and a handle for obvious reasons.

This one is ironstone, but tin or enamelware were more common. The pail of Lizzie's unmentionable towelettes might have been a slop pail, which was soaking in the cellar.
Chamberpots were made to slip into a commode. They came with and without lids.

When Andrew went to wash out his slop pail, he may have used the privy in the barn for his morning "visit".