The Best Nurser
date: label: date made
content: ca 1891
label: patent date
content: 1891-09-01
name: label: maker
content: The Gotham Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Long-necked glass nursing bottle with paper label, rubber nipple, box, and paper insert. The bottle is embossed THE BEST / PAT. SEPT. 1, 91. There is a “valve/stopper” on the bottom which is designed to let in air as the infant feeds. It can also be removed for easy cleaning as water may be flushed through the bottle. A red paper band around the nipple reads: “CLINGFAST” / NIPPLE / PURE GUM / THE GOTHAM CO. N. Y.” The box reads: “THE BEST” NURSER / EASY SUCTION / NO WIND COLIC / NO INDIGESTION / EASILY CLEANED / NIPPLE CANNOT COLLAPSE”
label: Description
content: This object is one of 39 objects from the Estate of Robert W. Vinson donated to the Smithsonian in 1958. Robert William Vinson (1872-1958), known as “Doc” or “Doc Willie” Vinson, ran Vinson’s Pharmacy in Rockville, Maryland, from the early 1900s until 1957. The store was built in the 1880’s and located on the corner of Montgomery Avenue and Perry Street, across from the Montgomery County Court House, and was reported to be a popular gathering place for local politicians. It closed after Mr. Vinson’s death and many objects and furnishings, some dating to the years prior to Mr. Vinson’s ownership, were donated to the Montgomery County Historical Society Stonestreet Museum, as well as to the Smithsonian. An ornate 1914 soda fountain from the drugstore was installed in the Rockville public library. Highlights in the Smithsonian collection include glass apothecary bottles, a "Konseal" Filling and Closing Apparatus, and two pharmacy counter displays: “Munyon’s Homeopathic Home Remedies” and “German Household Dyes.”
label: Description
content: Reference: Buglass, Ralph. Rockville, 2020. Print. (Images of America Series)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Robert Vinson, through Mr J. Vinson Peter; Accession 220980 (1958)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07363.04
label: catalog number
content: M-07363.04
label: accession number
content: 220980
label: accession number
content: 220980
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Infant Feeder
label: Object Name
content: infant feeder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass, ?, transparent (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 6 3/4 in; 5.715 cm x 8.89 cm x 17.145 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 3 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 8.5725 cm x 6.35 cm