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What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/22/2007 12:58:33 PM   
jsfarms

 

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Status: offline 		Hi, we found this at my aunts house. It's a bottle with a M on it, is flat on one side, has a wooden stop in it and a leather piece that we think went with it. Could it be a flask and the M is a monogram? Please help us identify. It is very old, we think before 1900's.




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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/22/2007 1:14:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		Looks like a Baby's nursing bottle to me.

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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/22/2007 1:14:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi, it looks like a nursing (baby) bottle.

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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/22/2007 1:39:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		aYep, Baby bottle, it came with a wooden nipple. I am trying to find a picture of now to post. I will post it withn I find it.
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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/22/2007 1:44:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		What does the top look like on your bottle? Is it ABM or applied?
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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/22/2007 1:49:24 PM   
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Although that first rubber nipple was patented by Elijah Pratt of New York in 1845, it was not until the early 1900s that a truly practical rubber nipple for nursing bottles was developed. The pre-1900 rubber nipples not only had a strong odor but were easily destroyed in hot water. As a result, a variety of mouthpieces were used before the improvements in rubber nipples. Rags, chamois, or sponges stuffed into the neck of glass bottles were used; whittled wooden nipples were not uncommon.
http://acif.org/past.html

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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/22/2007 1:55:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		This particular bottle came with the plug you have with it and a wooden nipple and, it also had a rubber attachment to hold all the components.. So, apparently rubber was being manufactured.

I found this aobut the first American made... I wonder if the M could be a W.
Joel
In America it was Charles M. Windship, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, who patented the first glass nursing bottle in 1841. Windship's bottle was unusual in that it was to be superimposed on the mother's breast so that the nursing infant would be deceived into thinking that the milk was coming directly from the mother.


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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/22/2007 2:35:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		thank you very much for all your help! We could not figure out what kind of bottle it was. Does it have any value?

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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/22/2007 4:04:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		since the bottle constantly  faces down  couldnt  the  bottom be the  top and  the monogram be a  w?  you  would see it more that way

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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/22/2007 5:08:03 PM   
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Charles M. Windship, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, who patented the first glass nursing bottle in 1841.


That is what I was wondering in ost seven. The last name of the inventer of the first bottle starts with a W.

Charles M. Windship, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, who patented the first glass nursing bottle in 1841.

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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/22/2007 5:11:54 PM   
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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/22/2007 5:25:14 PM   
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any significant value?


That usually is the last question! I don't know specifically because I don't have any nomenclature to reference. I would guess it is in the $25-$30dollar range, meaning it would sell on Ebay for less than that. ! If you had the plug, nipple and rubber strap it may bring more. The more you learn about an item the more value it has to you. The better you can sell to others. I will post more as I find it.
Joel

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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/23/2007 11:27:33 AM   
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Status: online 		js I've emailed a friend who collects these to determain the maker of the bottle. No it's not a W and it's not the first American made nursing bottle. The wooden "nipple" is actually the stoppler. a rubber washer was attached for a snug fit then a rubber hose was attached with a nipple for suckling. jeesh!  The M might stand for Maw, as in Solomon Maw later Maw,Son & Thompson.            Class dismissed.
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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/23/2007 11:34:20 AM   
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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/23/2007 12:51:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		Darn it Richard, you are making me wish I had not sold off my nursing bottles after seeing this display ! I did not have any of the bent neck ones, but I had quite a collection of the straight sided ones with embossed figures. I believe I did keep one or two of them though.  Below is a pic of a couple of doll nursing bottles I have.  I believe the milk glass bottle has an applied top.




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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/23/2007 1:00:59 PM   
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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/23/2007 1:09:29 PM   
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No it's not a W and it's not the first American made nursing bottle


Thanks Lobe!

I said the first American made nursing bottle, according to the url I referenced, was made by a man who's name began with a W. It was just a quick reference for our farmer friend to research. Not an implication it was the first bottle.

I would be interested in seeing the maker and the value as I have been looking at buying on for the past week.
Ep

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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/23/2007 6:09:45 PM   
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Darn it Richard...... I believe the milk glass bottle has an applied top.


I believe your right Lion. The milkglass is a beaut, never saw one. Sad to say I sold off a few myself, including a Burr's Patent. Man, I do miss them so.
Also I did find the plans for the cabinet. If you want them I'll scan 'em for ya. just lemme know where to send them email wise.
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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/23/2007 6:13:25 PM   
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I would be interested in seeing the maker and the value as I have been looking at buying on for the past week.
Ep


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RE: What kind of bottle is this? please help! - 5/23/2007 6:19:55 PM   
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