M0013982: Two Roman glass feeding bottles, 1st and 3rd century

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A Roman feeding bottle of the type found in children's graves and thus possibly used for infant feeding and a Roman glass bottle with spout, possibly a feeding bottle, found in the tomb of a Franco-Roman physician children's graves and thus possibly used for infant feeding. .The first item was part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection. The second was purchased by the Museum and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R4641/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

M0013982: Two Roman glass feeding bottles, 1st and 3rd century

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