Clear glass 'banana' style 'Grip-tight' infant feeder (a) with open ends for rubber teat (c) and rubber valve (d) at opposite ends in original product box (b); orange rubber valve and teat with stamped product name; box with drawing of naked infant on pillow and bottle sowing placement of teat and …
Clear glass 'banana' style 'Grip-tight' infant feeder (a) with open ends for rubber teat (c) and rubber valve (d) at opposite ends in original product box (b); orange rubber valve and teat with stamped product name; box with drawing of naked infant on pillow and bottle sowing placement of teat and valve includes instructions.
Embossed on bottle: "Grip-tight"; printed on box: "Grip-tight / FEEDER // fluid ounces // HEAT STERILISING in the following way will not harm the bottle: place // the feeder in a saucepan of cold // water, which should then be boiled for about five minutes. // FEEDTEATS and VALVES // ARE EXCEPTIONALLY LONG LASTING // AWARDED DIPLOMA OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HYGIENE // Atomspheric and other influences may effect the sizes and the functioning of the // feed hole in the teat and the air vent in the valve. // If the food does not flow satisfactorily, remove the valve periodically for a few moments to admit air, but if this is not effective enlarge the feed hole in the following way: // Fix the teat on a feeder which then place on a table; secure a cork on the eye end of a thin needle, the point of which should be then made red-hot; quickly and // carefully insert the red-hot point into the hole of the teat and withdraw promptly. // the bottle shoudl be kept steady and the right arm holding the needle should // be supported on some object of convenient height and size. // MADE IN ENGLAND // COMPLETE // WITH TEAT // AND VALVE"; printed on rubber items: "Grip-tight // MADE IN ENGLAND"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D1
Length
a - 18.6 cm
b - 19.3 cm
c - 4.3 cm
d - 2.3 cm
Width
a - 7.8 cm
b - 7.0 cm
Depth
a - 5.6 cm
b - 7.0 cm
Diameter
c - 2.0 cm
d - 2.1 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Documents
Book
Internet
Reference Comments
Allison, Eileen Michael. Ceramic Invalid Feeders, Pap Boats, and Baby Bottles of the 19th & Twentieth Century. Canada: E. M. Allison, 1997.; American Collectors of Infant Feeders
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.
Though the ‘Murder Bottle’ design of early glass and rubber infant feeders were unsanitary was outlawed by Buffalo, New York by 1897, they continued to be bought and used widely into the 1920s. A new elongated baby bottle with openings on both end of the bottle was created in 1894 called the ‘Banana Bottle’ or ‘The Allenbury Feeder’ that was easier to clean. It has been referred to as a ‘saviour’ due to it being the most hygienic bottle design on the market at the time, and was used into the 1950s.