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The Web Childhood Museum Upright Bottles & Jars |
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First introduced in around 1908 upright bottles (also know as Soxhlet bottles) had one great advantage over boat bottles: the ease with which the feed could be stored, reheated and transported. Once they became readily available (which was quite some time after they were first introduced) they quickly became the preferred bottles for hospitals and nurseries, who found them more convenient when making up a days supply in one go. Mothers however still preferred the boat due to the valve that allowed air into the bottle without having to remove it from the infants mouth. Some Mothers would use both styles of bottle. |
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From left to right, unnamed c1920’s, ‘Griptight’ c1960’s, ‘Pyrex’ c1950’s, half size c1950’s.
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A selection of uprights and a bottle ‘Keep Warm’, all dating from the 1950’s and 60’s.
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2 American bottles of unknown dates.
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A selection of Virol jars c1860s to the c1940’s. Virol was a fat substitute taken on a spoon and was to be used with dried milk, as at that time the fat content of milk was lost during the manufacturing process. Back right Virolax a children’s laxative, complete with contents.
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A Selection of food jars, Mellin’s, Horlicks and Cow & Gate dating from around the 1860’s to 1890’s. Mellin’s early jars were embossed with a cork stopper (Middle and next right) but later had a screw cap and paper label (second left).
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The use of plastic for babies bottles was under discussion as early as 1941 however they were not actually produced until the early 1950’s at around the same time as wide necked glass bottles were introduced. Plastic was not popular at first largely due to the high cost, but as the prices fell they became more and more popular though glass was still preferred by some well into the late 1960’s. The debate as to whether glass was better than plastic or wide necks were better than narrow still raged as late as 1965.
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Copyright for text and photographs J. Oakes, strictly no reproduction without prior permission, please email. |
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Novelty plastic bottles from the 1980’s and 90’s.
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‘Bunnymuff’ bottle ‘Keep Warm’ dating to the 1950’s.
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