Feeding Bottle Set
1971 (made)
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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.
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Parts | This object consists of 15 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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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. |
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Accession number | MISC.636:1 to 15-1984 |
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Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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