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
Anyone know what evidence is that these were baby bottles?
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.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/bronze-age-baby-bottles-reveal-how-ancient-infants-were-fed-180973210/
They do appear to be similar to me. They have the spout at the back.