University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Patient Care
Home Health Care
Food, Fortified
Infant Nutrition
Classification
Patient Care
Home Health Care
Food, Fortified
Infant Nutrition
Accession Number
1955.5.6
Description
Ceramic open vessel style pap boat with a pouring lip and flattened back of body partilly covered opening; cream glaze and partially glazed bottom; with half cover extending over spout; both ends available for feeding (one end is a tiny spout, and the other is open at the top); relief leaf decorati…
Ceramic open vessel style pap boat with a pouring lip and flattened back of body partilly covered opening; cream glaze and partially glazed bottom; with half cover extending over spout; both ends available for feeding (one end is a tiny spout, and the other is open at the top); relief leaf decorations on both ends and cover.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; donated by Dr. T. G. H. Drake, through the University of Toronto Department of Pediatrics.
Dark stains inside opening of spout end; dark mark on side of spout; glaze is worn and scratched in several areas
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
Pap boat is a small receptacle for feeding pap to infants and invalids. The typical form is boat-shaped, having the feeding end shaped as a short lip or an extended tapering lip to be placed on the mouth of the person being fed, and the holding end somewhat incurved and usually without a handle.
The term 'pap', allegedly derived from the Scandinavian for the sound made when a baby opens his mouth for nourishment, was probably introduced before its first recordings in literature in the mid-18th century. Recipes for pap usually called for bread, flour and water. A more nourishing mixture, 'panada', was a pap base with added butter and milk, or cooked in broth as a milk substitute.