Rattle and Teething Ring

Item no. 40
Rattle and Teething Ring






Acquisition history:
Gift of Mrs. Barbara Gibson

Fabric:
Embossed silver with six silver bells attached. Mother-of-pearl teething ring attached.
Marks: Hallmarks -
Measurements:
• Overall length: 4 1/2"
• Teething ring: outside diam. - 1 1/2"; inside diam. - 1"

Pap Feeder

Item no. 39
Pap Feeder
(or Teat Spoon
or Bombilla
or Sick Siphon)



Woodward Biomedical Library collection

Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966

Fabric: Silver
Marks:
Hallmarks:
• On lower end: Crown B I
• On stem: Ditto repeated three times
Measurements:
• Overall length: 4 4/10"
• Diam. at mouthpiece: 2/10"
• Length of hook: 2 3/10"
• Width at widest point: 1"

Shape: Single curve, more pronounced at mouthpiece.

Notes:
An 18th century teat spoon, one of two sold at auction at Parke-Bernet Gallery, New York, as part of the estate of a New England family. There are very few references to "teat spoons" in the literature. In Esther Forbes' Paul Revere and the world he lived in reference is made on p. 80 to a silver teat spoon Revere had made for his infant daughter. A bombilla (Spanish American) is a " small silver or gold perforated tube made for drinking the mate." This pap feeder is of English origin. Its form is known as "swan-necked". The hook serves to attach the feeder to the rim of a cup.


Invoice for purchase of item in 1941
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Pap Feeder

Item no. 38
Pap Feeder
(or Teat Spoon
or Bombilla
or Sick Siphon)



Woodward Biomedical Library collection

Acquisition history:
Gift of Dr. William Gibson

Fabric: Silver
Marks: Monogram on lower end: RTK (?)
Hallmark on hook: 5 elements: ?? lion P ?
Measurements:
• Overall length: 4 1/2"
• Length of hook: 2 7/10"
• Width at lower end: ca. 1/2"
• Diam. at mouthpiece: 2/10"+
Shape: Modified "S"

Notes: Purchased from Rosemary Malkin Antiques Ltd. 4 Oct., 1966. (Original invoice in Acquisitions file) Dates from ca. 1830.

Invoice for purchase of item in 1966
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Child's Food Pusher

Item no. 37
Child's Food Pusher






Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, February, 1987

Fabric: Sterling silver
Marks:
• Length: 3.8"
• Width at widest point: 1.5"

Notes:
Bought by Miss Wright in Vancouver.
Birks said still available, but had none. This one dated 1946.

Double Ended Nursing Bottle

Item no. 36
Double Ended Nursing Bottle





Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, February 1987

Fabric: Clear glass
Marks:
SAVARS ECLIPSE FEEDING BOTTLE
GLASS MADE IN FRANCE
PATENT No 7008
RD No 421546 (2x)
TABLESPOONS 1-15
OUNCES 1-7
Measurements:
•Height: 2.5"
• Length: 7.6"
• Aperture: (incl. rim) .9"; (inner) .5"

Notes:
Bought by Miss Wright in Vancouver.

Double ended nursing bottle 1896 to 1960. Also known as banana shaped, boat shaped and twin bottle.

"All known double ended nursing bottles are believed to be of English manufacture. Very popular in England, but used in the United States."
From American Nursing Bottles by Diane Rouse Ostrander

Fittings: Pull-on nipple and a rubber stopper or cap. Made in 4 oz and 8 oz sizes.

Pap Boat - 1810

Item no. 35
Pap Boat - 1810







Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, February 1985

Fabric: Staffordshire china
Design: Blue and white floral design (exterior). Same border around edge on inside (.7"). White interior and bottom.
Measurements:
• Length: 4.5"
• Height: 1.6"
• Base diameter: 1.3"

Notes: Staffordshire blue transfer.

Feeding Bottle - ca. 1930

Item no. 34
Feeding Bottle - ca. 1930

Acquisition history:
Gift of Miss Alice Wright, February 1985

Fabric: Clear glass
Marks: Ounces 1-8
Measurements:
• Height: 6.9"
• Base: 3" x 1.8"
• Diam. of aperture (incl. rim): 1"

Notes: Manufactured by Illinois Pacific Glass Co.
Circa 1930

Glass Feeding Bottle

Item no. 33
Glass Feeding Bottle






Acquisition history:
Gift of Mrs. Barbara Gibson,
July 9, 1984.

Fabric: Clear glass
Marks:
• BABY'S FAVORITE FEEDER
• Calibrations on top (1 through 8)
Measurements:
• Length at longest point: 6.7"
• Diam. of apertures including rim: 1.2", .7"
• Diam. of apertures (inner): .5", .4"
• Width at widest point: 3.5"

Notes: Purchased in Steveston*.
*Marty's Antiques, 3580 Moncton St., Richmond, B.C

From Merck Index, 2nd ed.
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Feeding Bottle

Item no. 32B
Feeding Bottle

Acquisition history:
Gift of Dr. William C. Gibson

Marks:
• On base: C D [inside of diamond shape, with dot below diamond] 1 3
• ROCK-A-BYE BABY
ON THE TREE TOP
with illustration
• Calibrated in half-ounces.
Measurements:
• Height: 6 5/8"
• Diameter of aperture incl. rim: 1"
• Diameter of aperture: 5/8"
• Base (oval): 2 3/8" x 1 1/2"

Notes: Purchased at Okanagan Falls, B.C., Dec. 7, 1979.

Related item: See also Item no. 32A

Feeding Bottle

Item no. 32A
Feeding Bottle

Acquisition history:
Gift of Dr. William C. Gibson

Marks:
• On base: C D [inside of diamond shape, with dot below diamond] 1 8
• HEY, DIDDLE DIDDLE THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE
with illustration of the rhyme
• Calibrated in half-ounces.
Measurements:
• Height: 6 5/8"
• Diameter of aperture incl. rim: 1"
• Diameter of aperture: 5/8"
• Base (oval): 2 3/8" x 1 1/2"

Notes: Purchased at Okanagan Falls, B.C., Dec. 7, 1979.

Related item: See also Item no. 32B

Breast Pump

Item no. 31
Breast Pump

Acquisition history:
Gift of Mrs. Barbara Gibson

Fabric: Clear glass with red rubber bulb
Marks:
The letter "A" in a circle
Measurements:
• Length overall: 5"
• Diameter of orifice: 2 1/2"
• Diameter of bulb: 2"


Notes:
Purchased at Universal Antiques, Cobble Hill, B.C., Sept. 8, 1979. Said to have come from Ferguson, B.C. (Location of this community unknown.)

Glass Feeding Bottle

Item no. 30
Glass Feeding Bottle






Acquisition history:

Fabric: Glass – faintly pinkish, but probably originally clear.
Marks:
• The Maternal Feeder; B.J.L. London: in oval on upper surface.
• Valve: across upper right hand surface near aperture.
• Calibrations on each side: a) ounces b) tablespoons
Measurements:
• Length at longest point: 7 3/4"
• Diameter of apertures incl. rim: 1"
• Diameter of apertures (inner): 1/2"
• Base (oval): 2 1/2" x 1 1/2"
• Width: 3"

Notes:
Purchased at Universal Antiques, Cobble Hill, B.C., Sept. 8, 1979.

Related item: See also No. 29

Glass Feeding Bottle

Item no. 29
Glass Feeding Bottle







Acquisition history: Gift of Dr. William C. Gibson

Fabric: Clear glass
Marks:
• The Albert hygienic feeder
• Made in England
• Pat N (?)367
• Calibrations on each side: a) table spoons b) ounces
Measurements:
• Length at longest point: 7 1/2"
• Diam. of apertures (incl. rim): 1"
• Diam. of apertures (inner): 6/10"; 1/2"
• Base (oval): 2 1/2" x 1 1/2"
• Width: 2 6/10"

Notes:
Purchased at Davis Antiques, Vancouver, B.C., 1977.
It may be assumed that a teat was placed on one opening and a cork in the other. As the bottle can be held in the hand facing in either direction, it is impossible to tell whether one aperture was given preference for attaching the teat.

Nursing Bottle - ca. 1925-30

Item no. 28
Nursing Bottle - ca. 1925-30

Acquisition history:

Fabric: Clear glass
Marks:
• On base: RIGO
• On front: THE RIGO NURSER; will not roll; Use Rigo Nipple
Measurements:
•Height: 6 1/2"
• Base: 2 3/10" x 1 6/10" (oval)
• Diam. of teat aperture (incl. rim): 1"

Related item:
See also no. 25

Nursing Bottle

Item no. 27
Nursing Bottle







Acquisition history: Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966

Fabric: Clear pressed glass
Marks: 8-pointed star enclosing circle with ornamental monogram in centre (? P T P & Co.?) Acme Nursing Bottle
Measurements:
• Overall length: 6 1/10"
• Height at top of aperture: 2 4/10"
• Diam. of aperture (incl. rim): 1 2/10"

Notes:
Pressed glass nursing bottle with long tubular nipple and internal glass tube, of a type known as Siphonia. These feeders made their appearance in mid 19th century. (Attachments not original)

Teats made of cloth-covered sponge, glove fingers and specially prepared Calves' teats were replaced by rubber at about the same time as glass nursing bottles made their appearance. The most hygienic of these were of India rubber attached directly to to the neck of the nurser, but these were too hard in texture to make sucking easy. The long rubber tube with nipple attached was an effort to overcome this difficulty, but it posed serious problems because of the virtual impossibility of keeping it clean.

Pap Boat

Item no. 26
Pap Boat








Acquisition history: Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966

Fabric: Silver (?)
Marks: None (? inside of upper part of handle)
Measurements:
• Length: 3 4/10" (tip to handle)
• Height at spout: 1 1/10"
• Height at handle: 1 2/10"
• Height at centre: 1"
• Base Diameter: 1"

Notes: Modern pap boat from the Street of Silversmiths, Delhi. It dates from ca. 1960. Given to Miss Wright by Eleanor Graham of W.H.O.

Feeding Bottle - ca. 1930

Item no. 25
Feeding Bottle - ca. 1930

Acquisition history:
Gift of William E. Parker

Fabric: Clear pressed glass
Marks:
• Volume 1 - 8 oz.
• On base:



Measurements:
• Height: 7"
• Base: 1 1/2" x 2 3/10"
• Aperture (incl. rim): 9/10"

Related items:
See also no. 28