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title: Roman Feeding Bottle in the Shape of a Swan
author: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18721/roman-feeding-bottle-in-the-shape-of-a-swan/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2024-04-02
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# Roman Feeding Bottle in the Shape of a Swan

_Authored by The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum_

## Image File

[![Roman Feeding Bottle in the Shape of a Swan](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/18721.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/18721.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) earthenware bottle in the shape of a swan, used to feed milk or water to babies and infants, 199 BCE to 500 CE.

Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection, [Science](https://www.worldhistory.org/science/) Museum Group Collection, London.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, T. B. o. T. o. t. S. (2024, April 02). Roman Feeding Bottle in the Shape of a Swan. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18721/roman-feeding-bottle-in-the-shape-of-a-swan/>
### Chicago
Museum, The Board of Trustees of the Science. "Roman Feeding Bottle in the Shape of a Swan." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 02, 2024. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18721/roman-feeding-bottle-in-the-shape-of-a-swan/>.
### MLA
Museum, The Board of Trustees of the Science. "Roman Feeding Bottle in the Shape of a Swan." *World History Encyclopedia*, 02 Apr 2024, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18721/roman-feeding-bottle-in-the-shape-of-a-swan/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co84957/feeding-bottle-in-the-shape-of-a-swan-roman-199-bce-500-ce-feeding-bottle) by **The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum**. Submitted by [Laura K.C. McCormack](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/laura.d4b/ "User Page: Laura K.C. McCormack"), published on 02 April 2024. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.