Prehistoric #baby bottles: marvellous feeding vessels in the shape of #animals from Vösendorf and Oberleis, Austria, dating 1200-800 BC. Baby bottles in the shape of animals are common in late Bronze and early Iron Age Europe.
Photo: Wien Museum
Original: https://social.anoxinon.de/@ninawillburger/110898039703393391
- Jerrimu2 ( @Jerrimu2@startrek.website ) English3•1 year ago
Super cool! I thought wet-nurses and breastfeeding were the only historical options.
- blackbrook ( @blackbrook@mander.xyz ) English3•1 year ago
Anyone know what evidence is that these were baby bottles?
- nubbucket ( @nubbucket@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year ago
This article describes bottles found in children’s graves, so maybe similar? I can’t tell if they’re the same bottles, but that would be one way for evidence to point to child bottles specifically. Good question though.
They do appear to be similar to me. They have the spout at the back.
- janus2 ( @janus2@lemmy.sdf.org ) English2•1 year ago
I never really thought about it but it makes sense that parents made cute animal shaped things for babies and children even way back when said things were all made of clay