Burr's Patent Nursing Bottle
date: label: date made
content: about 1875
label: patent date
content: 1872-11-26
name: label: maker
content: Burr, Milo S.
notes: label: Description
content: Glass nursing bottle created by Milo S. Burr of Boston, Massachusetts. The bottle is widest at the base, narrows, and then widens a bit more at the top before the neck begins. Embossed on the front of the bottle: "BURR'S PATENT NURSING BOTTLE," and on the back: "PATD NOV26TH 1872" below an embossed image of the bottle with the feeding tube that would have been used with it. Made by M.S. Burr and Company. Patented on Nov. 26, 1872, by Milo S. Burr, (assignor to self and Thomas P. Smith), Design Patent No. 6,270.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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: 2016.0384.26
label: patent number
content: USD6270S
label: accession number
content: 2016.0384
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0384.26
objectType: label: Object Name
content: infant feeder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 13/32 in; 14.605 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.096 cm