Baby's bottle
Category
Childcare objects
Date
1930 - 1939
Materials
Glass and cardboard
Measurements
Box – 205 mm (length); 64 mm (height); 64 mm (depth), Bottle - 194 mm (length); 70 mm (width); 45 mm (height)
Place of origin
Britain
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 662935
Summary
A 1930s boat -shaped (or banana-shaped) baby's feeding bottle with original box. The box is a rectangular red cardboard box with printing. On three sides are printed, at the top left, 'British Made'. Beneath this is a picture of the bottle and beneath this printed the following text; ‘complete with teat and valve'. To the right of the picture is printed 'A1 Hygienic' and below this feeding bottle. On the fourth side are the instructions. The bottle is clear glass, banana shaped with a hole in either end. There are raised measuring scales along the sides with 'Made in England' underneath them. One side is ounces, the other tablespoons. On top is embossed 'A1 Hygenic Feeder'. Total number of items is 2.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs G Hopkins in 1973.