Nursing Bottle

Item no. 24
Nursing Bottle

Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966

Fabric: Clear pressed glass
Marks: On base: B 54
Measurements:
•Height: 7 2/10"
• Diam. of base: 2"
• Diam. of aperture (incl. rim): 9/10"
• Width at "elbows": 2 7/10"

Notes: Probably American, in the shape of a soldier. Other patterns were used, such as crying children.

Nursing Bottle

Item no. 23
Nursing Bottle







Acquisition history: Gift of Mrs. Nina Drake, Toronto

Fabric: Clear pressed glass - lustre
Marks: Good Luck Nursing bottle - horseshoe in centre with ? initials ( (or G) and F intertwined. Calibrations on bottom surface: 1 - 8 (oz)
Measurements:
• Length overall (approx.): 6"
• Width at widest: 3 1/2"
• Mouth aperture: 1 1/10"
• Mouth aperture incl. rim: 1 2/10"
• Thickness (approx.): 2"
• Height at top of spout: 2 6/10"

Nursing Bottle

Item no. 22
Nursing Bottle

Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966

Fabric:
Aquamarine pressed glass
Marks:
Oval with profile of head and words "Medallion Nursing Bottle" around it; "Trade Mark" across front base.
On back: M.S. Burr & Co., Proprietors, Boston, Mass.
Measurements:
• Height: 5 6/10"
• Width: 3 2/10"
• Diam. of aperture: Inside - 6/10"; With rim - 1 1/10"
• Base: 2 7/10" x 1 4/10"

Nursing Bottle

Item no. 21
Nursing Bottle








Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966

Fabric: Clear pressed glass
Marks:
The Alexandra Feeding Bottle
S. Mawson & Thompson Trade Mark
Trefoil trade mark in centre circle




Measurements:
• Length overall: 5"
• Width (widest pt.): 3 7/10"
• Thickness at deepest point (approx.): 2"
• Height to top of aperture: 2 1/2"
• Diam. of aperture: 6/10"
• Diam. of aperture with rim: 9/10"
Base: 2 6/10" x 1 4/10"

Notes:
Ceramic feeding bottles were gradually replaced by glass ones, though it was not till the middle of the 19th century that the latter were within reach of all families. Various shapes were available, the gourd shape of which these are three examples being the most common.
(#21, 23 and Acme Nursing Bottle)

Nursing Bottle - Early Pennsylvania Dutch

Item no. 20
Nursing Bottle - Early Pennsylvania Dutch

Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966

Fabric: Glazed clay
Marks: None
Design: Brown, showing blotches from firing
Measurements:
• Height : 6 1/2"
• Width: e.g. wider dimension at widest point - 3"; narrower dimension at widest point - 2"
• Diameter of base: 2 2/1o"
• Diameter of mouth: 2 3/1o"

Notes:
Pioneer manufacture is indicated by the kind of clay and the type of glaze.

Feeding Bottle - 19th Century

Item no. 19
Feeding Bottle - 19th Century
[No photo]


Acquisition history: Gift of Dr. H. W. Spaulding

Fabric: Olive-green clear blown glass
Marks: None
Design: Base is "dimpled"
Measurements:
• Height : 5 7/10"
• Width at widest (appr.): 3 7/10"
• Depth (back to front): 3"
• Aperture: (excl. of rim) 7/10"

Notes: Originally used by Sewall Fisher, born 1834, in Franklin, Mass. Mrs. Edith Morsh, Fisher's grand-daughter, presented the bottle to Dr. Hildegarde Spaulding.

Pap Spoon - ca. 1800

Item no. 18
Pap Spoon -
ca. 1800






Acquisition history: Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966

Fabric: Pewter
Marks:
Top surface: Gibson Inventor
Inside bowl on bottom: 66 or (?) 99
Measurements:
• Length overall: 5 1/2"
• Width at widest point of bowl: 2 1/1o"
• Length of handle: 2 7/10"
• Length of lid of aperture: 9/10"
• Width of aperture: 1/2"

Notes: The bowl was filled with thin pap (or, on occasion, with castor oil) by lifting the trap door in the lid. The top of the bowl was placed in the lid. The tip of the bowl was placed in the child's mouth and the flow could be controlled by placing a finger over the open end of the hollow handle. If the contents were not taken as rapidly as desired, one could blow down the handle!

Drinking Cup - Late 19th Century

Item no. 17
Drinking Cup -
Late 19th Century










Acquisition history:

Fabric: Ceramic
Marks: The work "Pyramid" (probably name of the game being played) appears over the heads of the children.
Design: Scene, children playing
Measurements:
• Height: 2 8/1o"
• Diam: 2 7/10"

Notes: While the children are dressed in the Victorian manner and are playing an English game, certain details indicate that the mug was made in China.

Feeding Pot - Early American

Item no. 16
Feeding Pot - Early American

Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966

Fabric: Tin
Marks: None
Measurements:
• Height (with lid): 4 7/10"
• Diam. of base: 2 1/2"
• Exterior part of spout: 1 6/10"
• Handle (from upper to lower attachment): 2"
• Diam. of pot aperture under lid: 1 1/2"
• Diam. of lower edge of lid: 1 8/10"

Notes: Early American feeding pot of tin, possibly from Pennsylvania. The spout is a continuation of a tube reaching down to the bottom of the cup. Note the resemblance to Hugh Smith's "bubby-pot".

Letter from 1943 relating to this item
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Article from Parents' Magazine, May, 1943

Photo and diagram accompanying Parents' magazine article
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Feeding Bottle

Item no. 15
Feeding Bottle

Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966

Fabric: Pewter
Marks: No identifying mark
Measurements (appr.):
• Height overall (incl. lid): 4 9/10"
• Diam. of base: 2 3/10"
• Diam. of top (inside nipple): 7/10"


Notes: Pewter feeding bottle of a type common in England, France and Holland from 1600 to 1800. Perfect specimens of these flasks are becoming extremely rare on account of their use in modern times as feeders for lambs, with consequent destruction of the nipple.

Pap Warmer - Early American

Item no. 14
Pap Warmer - Early American

Acquisition history:

Fabric: Tin
Marks: None
Measurements:
• Height (overall, approx.)
- with warming pans and lid: 8 2/10"
- without warming pans and lid: 7"
• Diam. at top: 4 2/10"
• Diam. of lid (incl. rim): 4 1/10"
• Handle attachments (top to bottom): 3 2/10"
• Diam. at bottom: 4 3/10"

Notes: This example has all of the basic characteristics of this device, whether made of metal or ceramics. The top resembles the modern double-boiler with the "pannikin" sitting in a liner holding hot water. The heat source is a vessel called a "godet" for oil and wick.

Infant Feeding Pot - ca. 300 B. C.

Item no. 13
Infant Feeding Pot
ca. 300 B.C.

Acquisition history:
Gift of Mrs. Nina Drake

Fabric: Pottery
Decoration:
Horizontal bands - red and black, with free-form black decoration on spout and handle.
Measurements:
• Height to top of handle: 6"
• Height to rim: 4 9/10"
• Diam. at widest pt.: 4"
• Height of spout (from base to tip): 3 8/10"
• Length of spout (approx.): 1 2/10"
• Diam. of top (at widest pt. of course!): 2 2/10"
• Diam. of base: 1 6/10"

Notes: Found on the Island of Cyprus.

Feeding Cup - 19th Century

Item no. 12.
Feeding Cup - 19th Century
[No photo]

Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966

Fabric: Ceramic - white
Marks: None
Measurements:
• Length overall (incl. handle): 4 7/10"
• Height at top of spout: 1 4/10"
• Height at top of handle: 1 4/10"
• Height in centre: 1 3/10"
• Base: 1 7/10" x 1 2/10"

Glass Feeders - Late 19th Century

Item no. 11 & 11a*
Glass Feeders - Late 19th Century





*These appear to be identical. Only one is shown in photo.

Acquisition history: Gift of Mrs. Barbara Gibson.

Fabric: Clear pressed glass with roughened edges
Marks: On base: Made in U.S.A.
Measurements:
• Length overall: 6 4/10"
• Bottom: 4" x 1 9/10" (not oval but with curved, rounded edges)
• End: 1 9/10" x 1 2/10" x 1 3/10"
• Mouth aperture: 7/10"(incl. rim)
• Handle: 1 7/10" (outer edge to outer edge at attachment)
• Height at highest pt: 2 4/10" (to front edge of filling aperture)

Notes: #11A was purchased at Universal Antiques, Cobble Hill, B.C., Sept. 8, 1979.