Hogwarts lavatory seat

Hogwarts lavatory seat
Object information
Usage	Covering the toilets at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Gifting to the infirm as a sign of well-wishing (by Fred and George Weasley)
Owners	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Harry Potter (intended recipient, confiscated by Poppy Pomfrey)

A Hogwarts lavatory seat was the seat of a lavatory from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

History

On 1 September 1991, George Weasley joked that he would send his sister Ginny one of these, a reference to her mother's statement that she didn't want to get one more owl that he and Fred had "blown up a toilet".

Around the end of the school year in 1992, Fred and George Weasley actually did blow up several toilets in the boys' restroom on the fifth floor, taking a toilet, and attempted to send it to Harry Potter while he was in the Hospital Wing, recovering from his ordeal with Professor Quirinus Quirrell/Lord Voldemort in the Underground Chambers. It was intercepted, however, by Madam Pomfrey, who felt that it might not be hygienic and therefore stored it temporarily in a nearby closet.

Behind the scenes

• According to James and Oliver Phelps, the craziest thing that a fan of theirs has ever done was to bring them a "toilet seat to sign... a toilet seat with a Hogwarts crest".
• In both the American and British versions, it is referred to in Chapter 6 as "toilet seat", but in Chapter 17 of the British edition, it is given as "lavatory seat".

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
• Pottermore (First appearance)