Pap Boat
1752-1753 (made)
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Silver has long been associated with childhood. To be born ‘with a silver spoon’ has a literal meaning. Silver spoons with decorative finials – apostles, lions or as shown here, a child’s head – were given as christening gifts. A gift of silver for a child was a store of wealth for the future. Nursery silver, pap boats, porringers, rattles and saucepans were used for their hygienic qualities.
Pap was a milk based baby food prepared like porridge but with eggs and flour. It was heated in a small saucepan in the nursery.
Pap was a milk based baby food prepared like porridge but with eggs and flour. It was heated in a small saucepan in the nursery.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver |
| Brief description | Silver, London, 1752-3, mark of William Woodward (possibly) |
| Physical description | Silver, oval with elongated spout |
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| Gallery label | PAP BOAT
London 1752-3
Unidentified mark, possibly William Woodward
Engraved J I in monogram
Pap was a milk-based baby food prepared like porridge but with eggs and flour. It was heated in a small saucepan in the nursery.
Gift of the children of W.F. Foster Esq.
M.15-1920(26/11/1996) |
| Credit line | Gift of the children of W. F. Foster Esq. |
| Object history | Presented by the children of the late William F. Foster |
| Summary | Silver has long been associated with childhood. To be born ‘with a silver spoon’ has a literal meaning. Silver spoons with decorative finials – apostles, lions or as shown here, a child’s head – were given as christening gifts. A gift of silver for a child was a store of wealth for the future. Nursery silver, pap boats, porringers, rattles and saucepans were used for their hygienic qualities. Pap was a milk based baby food prepared like porridge but with eggs and flour. It was heated in a small saucepan in the nursery. |
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| Accession number | M.15-1920 |
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| Record created | September 10, 2004 |
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