Pap Boat

Item no. 10
Pap Boat
[no photo]

Acquisition history: Gift of Miss Helen Allan

Fabric: Ceramic
Marks: On base - WT & C Made in Germany
Design: Delft pattern
Measurements:
• Length overall: 6"
• Height at spout: 2 6/10"
• Height at handle: 2"
• Height at middle: 1 7/10"
• Base: 2 4/10" x 1 7/10" (egg-shaped)

Notes:
Pewter and glass were also used for pap boats. As seen here, a spout was a common feature. The spout is created by the extension of a half cover over the pouring lip characteristic of the pewter boats displayed.

Feeding Cup

Item no. 9
Feeding Cup







Acquisition history:
Gift of Mrs. Barbara (Logan) Tunis, Ottawa

Fabric: Ceramic - blue
Marks: None
Measurements:
• Length overall: 6 1/10"
• Height at spout: 2 4/10"
• Height at handle: 2 1/2"
• Height at centre: 2 1/10"
• Dimensions of base: 2 3/10" x 1 7/10"
• Dimensions of aperture: 1 9/10" x 1 1/10"

Notes:
Bought in or near Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Said by merchant to be "local".

Blown Glass Feeding Bottle (with glass nipple)

Item no. 8
Blown Glass Feeding Bottle (with glass nipple)



Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966

Fabric: Clear glass
Marks: None
Measurements:
• Length overall: 7"
• "Base": 8/10" x 5/10"
• Filling aperture (excl. of rim): 7/10"
• Thickness (average): 1"

Related Items: See also Item no. 3

Pap Boat

Item no. 7
Pap boat








Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966

Fabric: Pewter
Marks: Signed "Max Rieg"




Measurements:
• Length overall: 4 3/10"
• Width at widest pt. on top: 2 1/2"
• Base (approx.): 1 7/10" x 1 9/10"

Notes:
American copy of an older model of pap boat
dates from the 20th century

Pap Boat - 18th Century

Item no. 6
Pap Boat - 18th Century






Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966

Fabric: Pewter
Marks:
"Touch mark" partly worn off
Thomas... and Comp. (?)
Measurements:
• Length overall: 4 1/2"
• Width (rim) at widest: 2 4/10"
• Height at centre: 1"
• Height at spout tip: 1 3/10"

Notes: The trademark of the maker is know as a "touch mark".

Pewter Pap Boat

Item no. 5
Pewter Pap Boat







Acquisition history:
Gift of Dr. Donald Paterson

Fabric: Pewter
Marks:
• On handle: FH 1800*
• In bowl: D (?) X Dent
Measurements:
• Length overall: 5 1/10"
• Width of bowl at widest pt.: 2"
• Length of bowl: 4 9/10"
• Width of handle: 1 2/10"

Notes: *Foundling Hospital , London, founded by Thomas Coram in 1737, was chartered in 1739 and opened in 1741.

Glass Feeding Bottle

Item no. 4
Glass Feeding Bottle






Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966

Fabric: Clear glass
Marks: None
Design: None
Measurements:
• Length overall: 9 8/10"
• Width at widest point: 3"
• Base: 7/10" diam.
• Diam. of "mouth end" (incl. rim): 6/10"
• Diam. of filling aperture (excl. rim): 7/10"

Notes: The feeder has a submarine shape and similar feeders would have had a "teat" attached.

Glass Feeding Bottle

Item no. 3
Glass Feeding Bottle






Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966

Fabric: Clear glass
Marks: None
Design: Blown glass with fused on nipple
Measurements:
• Length overall: 10 6/10"
• Base: 9/10"
• Filling aperture (incl. rim): 1 3/10"
• Filling aperture (excl. rim): 8/10"
• Length of nipple (excl. guard): 1 3/10)"

Notes:
• May have been purchased in Seattle.
• Similar feeders would have had a "teat" attached.

Related items: See also Item no. 8.

Feeding Bottle

Item no. 2
Feeding Bottle







Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Peggy Leighton

Fabric: Ceramic
Marks: None
Design: Blue and white, landscape
Measurements:
• Length overall: 7 7/10"
• Base: 1 2/10" x 1"
• Diam. of filling aperture: 9/10" .
• Diam. of teat aperture (overall): 1/2"

Notes:
• Purchased in Kingston, Ontario.
• Nearly ninety percent of the pottery feeding flasks of the late 18th and early 19th centuries are decorated in blue transfer-printed designs of flowers, foliage and landscapes. About ten percent of these are marked with the maker's name. (Items 1 and 2 are unmarked.)

Feeding Bottle

Item no. 1
Feeding Bottle







Acquisition history:
Gift of Mrs. Nina Drake, Toronto

Fabric: Ceramic (Staffordshire pottery)
Marks: None
Design: Blue on White: birds, fruits, flowers
Measurements:
• Length overall: 7 3/10"
• Base: 1 6/10" x 1 1/10"
• Filling aperture (excl. rim): 1 1/10"
• Teat aperture (incl. rim): 4/10"