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Feeding Bottle Set

1971 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Feeding equipment set including orginal printed box printed with name of manufacturer, address and list of contents; sterilising unit of ivory coloured plastic and printed with manufacturers name and instructions for use. The unit is a box-like structure with four feet and a sloping floor; the unit a removable perspex lid; feeding bottle of clear-glass in the shape of a partly facetted cylinder, calibrated in ounces and milimeters; beaker-shaped measure with a pouring lip, the measure calculated in ounces, ccs and tablespoons. It doubles as a teat cover when the feed gas been repared. The measure is translucent and colourless plastic; a clear glass feeding bottle in the shape of a tapering cylinder, calibrated in ccs and fluid ouces, marked in blue pigment; a plastic collar made to fit the feeding bottle in blue plastic; a second collar made to fit the feeding bottle in blue plastic; a lid centre of white plastic to fit with the blue collar, a second lid centre of white plastic to fir the blue collar; a third lid centre of white plastic to fit the blue collar; a feeding bottle of moulded glass with callibrations in millimeters and ounces, with a square shoulder and circular bottom; a second feeding bottle of moulded glass with callibrations in millimeters and ounces, with a square shoulder and circular bottom; a collar to fit the feeding bottle made of transluscent, colourless plastic.

Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 15 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Packaging
  • Baby's Feeding Equipment
  • Sterilising Unit
  • Sterilising Unit
  • Lid
  • Feeding Bottles
  • Measuring Beaker
  • Feeding Bottles
  • Baby's Feeding Equipment
  • Baby's Feeding Equipment
  • Baby's Feeding Equipment
  • Baby's Feeding Equipment
  • Baby's Feeding Equipment
  • Baby's Feeding Equipment
  • Baby's Feeding Equipment
  • Baby's Feeding Equipment
  • Baby's Feeding Equipment
Materials and techniques
Printed corrugated card, plastic and moulded glass
Brief description
Feeding bottle set, printed corrugated card, plastic and glass, by Richardson-Merrell Ltd. for use with Milton brand, England, 1971
Physical description
Feeding equipment set including orginal printed box printed with name of manufacturer, address and list of contents; sterilising unit of ivory coloured plastic and printed with manufacturers name and instructions for use. The unit is a box-like structure with four feet and a sloping floor; the unit a removable perspex lid; feeding bottle of clear-glass in the shape of a partly facetted cylinder, calibrated in ounces and milimeters; beaker-shaped measure with a pouring lip, the measure calculated in ounces, ccs and tablespoons. It doubles as a teat cover when the feed gas been repared. The measure is translucent and colourless plastic; a clear glass feeding bottle in the shape of a tapering cylinder, calibrated in ccs and fluid ouces, marked in blue pigment; a plastic collar made to fit the feeding bottle in blue plastic; a second collar made to fit the feeding bottle in blue plastic; a lid centre of white plastic to fit with the blue collar, a second lid centre of white plastic to fir the blue collar; a third lid centre of white plastic to fit the blue collar; a feeding bottle of moulded glass with callibrations in millimeters and ounces, with a square shoulder and circular bottom; a second feeding bottle of moulded glass with callibrations in millimeters and ounces, with a square shoulder and circular bottom; a collar to fit the feeding bottle made of transluscent, colourless plastic.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.3cm (Note: Height of packaging )
  • Length: 17.1cm (Note: Length of packaging)
  • Depth: 17.1cm (Note: Depth of packaging)
  • Height: 19.5cm (Note: Height of sterilisation unit )
  • Length: 15.7cm (Note: Length of sterilisation unit)
  • Depth: 13.7cm (Note: Depth of sterilisation unit)
  • Height: 20cm (Note: Height of sterilisation unit lid)
  • Length: 16.2cm (Note: Length of sterilisation unit lid)
  • Depth: 1.3cm (Note: Depth of sterilisation unit lid)
  • Height: 7.8cm (Note: Cylinder feeding bottle)
  • Height: 7.8cm (Note: Beaker-shaped measure)
  • Height:
  • Height: 16.2cm (Note: Square shoulder feeding bottle)
  • Diameter: 5.7cm (Note: of two collars)
  • Diameter: 3.8cm (Note: of three lid centres)
  • Height: 14cm (Note: of two feeding bottles)
  • Diameter: 4.5cm (Note: of collar )
Taken from register
Collection
Accession number
MISC.636:1 to 15-1984

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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