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History of Nursing in Pacific Canada

[Pap spoon from about 1800]

Description

A pewter pap spoon.

Marks: Top surface, "Gibson Inventor". Inside bowl on bottom, "66" or (?) "99". The aperture measures 2 cm wide.

Item Metadata

Title
[Pap spoon from about 1800]
Date Created
[1800?]
Description
A pewter pap spoon.

Marks: Top surface, "Gibson Inventor". Inside bowl on bottom, "66" or (?) "99". The aperture measures 2 cm wide.
Extent
1 pap spoon : pewter ; 14 cm long x 6 cm wide
Subject
Infants--Care--History; Infants' supplies
Genre
Cutlery
Type
Still Image
File Format
image/jpeg
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.

Gift of Miss Alice Wright, 1966
Identifier
IFC-018
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. 18
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
10.14288/1.0132845
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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/