M0016158: Dutch feeding bottles for use after weaning, 17th century

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Dutch feeding bottles for use after weaning. 17thCentury.

Photograph of two Dutch feeding bottles, one with a cork. Said to be designed so a child could feed itself while lying down. The items were previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but are not held by Wellcome Collection.

June 1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.