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The Web Childhood Museum Breast Pumps & Miscellaneous Items |
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For Mothers who chose not to breast-feed the problem of how to get rid of the excess milk was a trying one and not as easy as it is today with modern drugs. One primitive method was for slaves, women attendants or even puppies to draw it off. Eventually glass sucking bottles were developed, these were glass vessels with a long glass sucking tube, incredibly difficult to clean and all too easily broken, by the mid 1800’s this glass tube was replaced with a rubber tube. A small glass tube somewhat like a cigarette holder was placed in the mothers mouth so that she could draw off the milk (see the picture on the box below). Later examples developed into a cylindrical glass tube with a rubber bulb to provide the suction. |
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A selection of bulbed Breast Pumps dating from the 1930’s to the 1960’s. |
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2 Victorian Breast Drawers, one still has it’s boxwood stopper and cork. c1870’s. |
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A Victorian nipple shield used with a long tube for the duel purpose of protecting the nipple and to enable the mother to breast feed without removing the infant from its cot or pram.
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A selection of food mixers, Horlicks mixer, large and small Olveltine mixers, an Allenbury’s measuring jug and a Mouli-Baby Food Grinder. Various dates. |
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The Belcroy Tube Feeder made by John Bell for premature infants, date unknown.
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(Left) Maws Dinky Feeder used as a pacifier, date unknown.
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If you have found this taste of the history of infant feeding bottles and practices interesting a more comprehensive guide to babies bottles and the history of infant feeding is available, a 50 page book written and printed by myself, called ‘Baby Bottles and Infant Feeding Throughout The Ages’. For more information please go to the (For Sale Page) . |
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2 Victorian dress shields used to protect the mothers dress from leakage and a nipple shield used to prevent soreness during breast feeding.
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A selection of dolls bottles dating from c1865 ,the green glass example in the front to the boxed boat bottle at the back from the late 1970’s.
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Copyright for text and photographs J. Oakes, strictly no reproduction without prior permission, please email. |
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Above is a ‘Bubby Pot’. These little vessels were a good alternative to Pap Boats. Right a Dutch 18th century feeder. |
