Duck shaped oblong ceramic invalid feeder with yellow body and without separate handle; mottled yellow, orange, green, and blue accents; no handle but tails turned up as a tab; spout pointing straight ahead; spout opening is part of body; manufacturing marks on the bottom; glazed bottom.
Duck shaped oblong ceramic invalid feeder with yellow body and without separate handle; mottled yellow, orange, green, and blue accents; no handle but tails turned up as a tab; spout pointing straight ahead; spout opening is part of body; manufacturing marks on the bottom; glazed bottom.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Maryanne Szuck and Alice Roeder.
Dates
1950
1980
circa 1950-1980
Material
ceramic: yellow, orange, green, blue
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D1-4 Box #1
Length
14.4 cm
Width
7.7 cm
Height
7.8 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Shows some wear on the bottom, painted looks faded on the sides
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Documents
Book
eBook
Internet
Reference Comments
Allison, Eileen Michael. Ceramic Invalid Feeders, Pap Boats, and Baby Bottles of the 19th & Twentieth Century. Canada: E. M. Allison, 1997.
Donor file
Research Facts
Collected by Maryanne Szuck and sister Alice Roeder, a retired nurse. The collection consists of various eras and types of invalid / infant feeders, infant milk bottles, medicine spoons, urinals and reference material.
Invalid feeders’ also known as sick cups are designed to provide liquid or semi solid nourishment in time of illness or incapacity. There are many different shapes for invalid feeders. Some of the shapes are defined as infant or invalid feeders, however it seems that each manufacture used both terms interchangeably depending on the market they are targeting.