Infant Feeder
date: label: date made
content: 1916 - 1920s
label: patent date
content: 1894-06-19
label: patent date
content: 1916-12-05
name: label: maker
content: Hygeia Nursing Bottle Company
notes: label: Description
content: Small glass jar with a graduated scale from 1 to 3 oz. embossed on the side, and “Hygeia” embossed on another. An inscription on the colored cardboard box reads “HYGEIA NURSING BOTTLE CO., INC. / LANCASTER, N.Y.” William More Decker, a physician in Kingston, N.Y., received a patent (U.S. 521,773) for a “Nursing Bottle” in 1894, as well as a trademark for the word HYGEIA.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Lancaster
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: 2016.0384.24
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0384.24
label: accession number
content: 2016.0384
label: patent number
content: US1207377A
label: patent number
content: US521773A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: infant feeder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (bottle material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (insert material)
label: Measurements
content: bottle: 3 5/32 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 8.001 cm x 5.715 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: container: 4 13/16 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 12.192 cm x 5.715 cm x 5.715 cm