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Feeder Bottle with Strainer Top
(Ancient Greece )
Covered in fine black glaze, this small feeder vessel is pierced at the top, in a circular area of reserved red clay. Liquids would have been poured on the top of the vessel, with the perforated area acting as a strainer to remove any inclusions. The liquid could then be poured out the very small spout. This vessel was used perhaps as a baby feeder or to dispense medication. The small horizontal handle on one side could have been used as a handle to pour the liquid, or, if used as a feeder for infants, for the child to hold.
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Greece, Attica (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 5/16 × W with spout: 3 13/16 × Diam: 2 11/16 in. (5.8 × 9.7 × 6.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.269