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A collection of the strange, odd, and antique. We specialize in the curation and distribution of unique items and hard-to-find objects from around the world.
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Welcome to Curious Canary.
A collection of the strange, odd, and antique. We specialize in the curation and distribution of unique items and hard-to-find objects from around the world.
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The bottles were made of glass or earthenware. Attached to the bottle were a length of rubber tubing and a nipple. The bottles were very difficult to clean because of their "banjo" design.
It also didn't help that women at the time, in an effort to make household chores easier, turned to the advice of Mrs. Beeton. Isabella Beeton, in her popular book, Mrs. Beeton’s Household Management (1861), a go-to reference guide on how to run a Victorian household, doled out advice on cooking, hiring, and firing household staff, and child-rearing. Think of her as a Victorian Martha Stewart.
Mrs. Beeton advised new mothers that it was not necessary to wash the nipple for two or three weeks, making the bottles the perfect incubators for deadly bacteria.
Although doctors condemned the bottles and infant mortality rates of the time were shocking – only two out of ten infants lived to their second birthday – parents continued to buy and use them. The bottles eventually earned the nickname, “Murder Bottles.”
https://historydaily.org/feeding-bottles-of-the-victorian-era
Double-ended nursing bottles, also known as banana bottles, were common in England and America from 1900-1950. This bottle looks like it has two nipples, but one end is actually a valve for quicker flow. It also offered another opening to clean from making these more sanitary than the previous versions.
Can be mass-produced or customized by brand or company. Washable and sanitary multi-use nipples along with better cleaning devices make these less of a hazard than previous designs.