White ceramic feeding and or drinking container with crackle design glaze; oval opening at top with top end tapered; black ink transfer print 'Ideal'; conical body with one side flattened; flat round base; oval opening at top off centered; two part mould lines slightly visible; three unglazed spots…
White ceramic feeding and or drinking container with crackle design glaze; oval opening at top with top end tapered; black ink transfer print 'Ideal'; conical body with one side flattened; flat round base; oval opening at top off centered; two part mould lines slightly visible; three unglazed spots on base from firing in kiln.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Maryanne Szuck and Alice Roeder.
Dates
1950
1970
circa 1950-1970
Date Remarks
Internet
Material
ceramic: white
ink: black
Inscriptions
"Ideal"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D1-3 Box #2
Height
11.3 cm
Diameter
7.3 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
diameter at shoulder; diameter at base 6.6 cm
Condition Remarks
Like new
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Documents
Book
eBook
Internet
Reference Comments
Bennion, Elisabeth. Antique Medical Instruments. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications by Philip Wilsons Publications, 1979.
Campbell, Gordon. The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2006. 2006. Accessed August 18, 2016. http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195189483.001.0001/acref-9780195189483
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.
Similar to a drinking cup in Frank S. Betz Co. medical supply catalogue c1918 #2T1408 made in ceramic for a later era.
The "Ideal Ceramic Co." in Los Angeles, California shut down in the 1950s.