Baby food tin
Potter and Clarke Ltd
Category
Childcare objects
Date
circa 1900 - circa 1930
Materials
Tin
Measurements
128 mm (height); 85 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Artillery Lane, 60
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 662059
Summary
A tin of Slippery Elm food for infants (early 20th century). A gold, red and grey painted cylindrical food tin with screw top. A printed label of red, gold and beige has a photograph, possibly of Dr Thompson, and advertises it as ‘the safest food for infants prepared by Dr. Thompson’. Total number of items is 2.
Marks and inscriptions
On side: MALTED SLIPPERY/ ELM FOOD/ THE SAFEST FOOD/ FOR INFANTS/ PREPARED BY DR. THOMPSON/ PURE FOOD CO/ Proprietors - POTTER and CLARKE LTD./ 60, Artillery Lane, LONDON, E.1.
Makers and roles
Potter and Clarke Ltd, maker