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"Allenbury's Feeding Bottle"

Date
1894-1950s
Artist/Maker
Allenburys
Technique
Manufactured
Dimensions
Length: 17.5cm
Width: 6.5cm
Caption
Traditionally, the role of women was always to be good wife and mother. During the 1880s infant mortaility rates were high, often due to a lack of hygiene of babys bottles. The Allenbury bottles were easy to clean and were a great success, continuing to sell well into the 1950s.
Credit
Kindly donated by Miss Maisie Guy
Object number
FCM_2006_101