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The Web Childhood Museum Turtle and Boat Bottles |
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‘Turtle Bottles’ appeared around the late 1800’s they had a stopper that enabled the teat to fit directly onto the top of the bottle, they were a great improvement and were to remain popular until the 1920’s. A variation on the turtle bottle was a bottle with an elongated shape known as ‘Flat Feeding Bottles’, ‘Old Fashioned Feeding Bottles’ or ‘Slipper Bottles’. |
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Top. ‘Maws Old Fashioned Flat Feeding Bottle’ c1900. Bottom. ‘The National Feeder’ c1895.
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‘The Popular’ Feeding Bottle complete with original teat and ivory shield. c1900.
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‘Boat Bottles’ or ‘Banana Bottles’ as they were also known were first patented in 1885, though they did not come into general use until the early 1900’s. However once accepted they became hugely popular as they were much easier to clean and remained so until the late 1950’s and were still available into the 1960’s. |
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3 different ‘Hygienic’ bottles of various dates c1940’s/50’s.
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‘Boots’ half size c1950’s and full size c1930’s. Front. ‘Nestle’ c1930’s.
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2 etched bottles Right. ‘Boots’. Left. The ‘Maxan’. Rarer than embossed bottles. c1950’s.
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‘Griptight’ full size c1950’s and half size. Left. ‘Dimples’ c1940.
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‘The Arcos Feeder’, a variation in shape on the popular ‘Allenbury Feeder’ c1920’s.
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Early ‘Cow and Gate’ bottle with the famous logo of a cow looking over a gate c1930’s
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A selection of full and half sized boat bottles, various dates, names and manufacturers .
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3 ‘Allenbury’ Feeders. Back. Half size c1940’s. Left. c1930’s. Right. c1925.
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‘Glaxo’ bottles, 3 sizes. Front was for premature babies. c1920’s and 30’s
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Back. ‘Glaxo’ c1920’s. Middle. Boots c1950’s. Right. ‘Allenburys’ c1930’s.
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Copyright for text and photographs J. Oakes, strictly no reproduction without prior permission, please email. |
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Another variation of the ‘Slipper’ or ‘Flat Feeding Bottle’, ’Baby’s Favourite Feeder’ c1900.
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