Collection Highlights
Section of water pipe
1800-1840
X.47
Wood, iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Infant or invalid feeder
Object name
Infant or invalid feeder
Date
1870-1880
Medium
Whiteware
Dimensions
Overall: 1 3/4 x 7 1/4 x 3 in. ( 4.4 x 18.4 x 7.6 cm )
Description
Whiteware infant or invalid feeder; compressed flask shape with hole on top for inserting food or milk and small hole at end for feeding; blue transfer printed all-over cell diaper pattern and asymetrical flower and clover pattern.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss D. F. Levett Bradley
Object Number
1936.424
Marks
impressed: on reverse: illegible double oval mark
Gallery Label
According to accession records, this object is from the family of the late John William Bradley, B.A., London, author of the "Dictionary of Miniaturists of Sheffield, Stafford, and London."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
