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History of Nursing in Pacific Canada

[Feeding bottle]

Description

A ceramic feeding bottle.

Design: blue and white, landscape. The filling aperture measures 3 cm in diameter and the teat aperture measures 2 cm in diameter.

Item Metadata

Title
[Feeding bottle]
Date Created
[between 1750 and 1850?]
Description
A ceramic feeding bottle.

Design: blue and white, landscape. The filling aperture measures 3 cm in diameter and the teat aperture measures 2 cm in diameter.
Extent
1 feeding bottle : ceramic ; 20 cm long, 3 x 3 cm at base
Subject
Infants--Care--History; Infants' supplies
Genre
Feeding Bottle
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
Notes
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).

Gift of Miss Peggy Leighton. Purchased in Kingston, Ontario.
Identifier
IFC-002
Collection
History of Nursing in Pacific Canada
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Woodward Biomedical Library. Infant Feeders Collection. Charles Woodward Memorial Room. Item no. 02
Date Available
2006
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/
DOI
10.14288/1.0132828
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/