Marbled Enamelware Pots

Navy blue, swirled marbled enamelware pots, typical of early 20th-century domestic ware.

The smaller pot was likely used for drinking, while the larger may have served as a makeshift toilet during imprisonment in the camps. Durable and portable, such items could be carried from home - it is possible that Rosy brought these pots with her and used them throughout her incarceration.

Note from the Curator and Director of the Artefacts department, Museums division, Yad Vashem, Feb ’24:

First of all I want to point out that these are very impressive objects. I have not seen these in the past and there are no such in Yad Vashem Artifacts collection. At the same time, the investigation shows that this is a style of creation known as early "20th century swirled marbled enamelware " that was common at the beginning of the twentieth century in the United States and Europe.

So it is very possible that if your mother's family was able to take a few items from home with them, they took these tools and used them while they were incarcerated