White cup shaped tin invalid feeder decorated with white enamel and black enamel trim with flat half cover with a straight indent; spout attached on the lower half of the body and curves upwards, like a teapot; single open handle; spout is at ninety degrees from the handle pointing straight ahead; …
White cup shaped tin invalid feeder decorated with white enamel and black enamel trim with flat half cover with a straight indent; spout attached on the lower half of the body and curves upwards, like a teapot; single open handle; spout is at ninety degrees from the handle pointing straight ahead; faint stamp for British military of circle with three equal length lines to create arrow on flat cover.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Maryanne Szuck and Alice Roeder.
Dates
1920
1950
circa 1920-1950
Date Remarks
Research
Material
metal: white, black
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D1-4
Length
13.6 cm
Width
11.8 cm
Height
9.1 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Enamel with areas of loss around spout and two chips of base and centre of base with 2.5 cm circle of missing enamel with radiating fractures from this spot; minor cracks and black discolouration throughout
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.
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.
Invalid feeders 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. The boat shaped, which looks very similar to a gravy boat, originally evolved from the pap boat shape. It has a straight spout, main opening in the top, and an open handle in the back. This is also known as an infant feeder prior to the development of baby milk bottles. Manufacturers would market this item as both invalid and infant feeders depending on the market they are targeting.