Medicine and Infant Spoon
date: label: date made
content: 1944 - 1948
label: patent date (design)
content: 1944-12-05
name: label: maker
content: Dr. Frost's Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Infant and medicine spoon from Dr. Frost’s Manufacturing Co., Inc., in St. Louis, Mo. This was devised by Leon Fuchs (1898-1972) in St. Louis, and advertised in the 1940s.
label: Description
content: Ref: Leon Fuchs, "Medicine Spoon," U.S. design patent 139,605 (1944).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
topic: label: Subject
content: Infant & Children's Products - Pediatrics
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sara Jean Binder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0384.31
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0384.31
label: accession number
content: 2016.0384
label: patent number
content: D 139-605
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medicine spoon
label: Object Name
content: infant feeding spoon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (spoon material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (spoon material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (insert material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 1 13/16 in x 7 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 4.572 cm x 19.05 cm x 4.445 cm