Ban Mo, Bangkok

Ban Mo (Thai: บ้านหม้อ, pronounced [bâːn.mɔ̂ː]) is the name of a street and its corresponding neighbourhood in Bangkok's Wang Burapha Phirom Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District.

The area was settled during the Thonburi period by Mon and Vietnamese settlers, whose primary trade was pottery.

[1] At present, remaining evidence of pottery is a pot sculpture on the gable of the entrance gate Ban Mo Market.

[1] Moreover, Ban Mo was also site the first headquarters of Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) in 1904 as Book Club (now, the building is adjacent to Saowabha Vocational College) before moving to Talat Noi in Yaowarat neighbourhood soon after.

[2] And also home to the San Chao Por Ban Mo Lao Pun Tao Kong (Chinese: 萬茂老本頭公古廟; pinyin: wàn mào lǎo běn tóu gōng gǔ miào), Teochew's joss house is believed to be the oldest in Bangkok established since 1816.