Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel
Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel

Bronze / Iron Age Baby Feeding Animal Vessel

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Archaeologists have excavated zoomorphic feeding vessels like this at various sites in Europe. We have based our designs on three particular finds when creating these charming little replicas: The vessels that have inspired these are from Vosendorf, Austria, and Znojmo, Czech Republic and one from Statzendorf, Austria.   

We took further inspiration from the various vessels featured in a paper by Dr Julie Dunne et al., University of Bristol. The research looked at burials dated to the Bronze and Iron Ages, which contained simpler feeding vessels consisting of a small bowl with a thin tube protruding off the side, similar in shape but larger than a clay pipe. However, the earliest known clay-feeding vessels that ancient peoples may have used to feed infants are said to be from Neolithic Europe. 

Due to their location in infant graves and chemical analysis indicating that these early communities used them to feed milk products from ruminants, researchers believe these vessels may have been used to feed infants. However, it is also possible that the Bronze Age and Iron Age peoples used them to feed the sick.  

If used for supplementing a baby's diet, then introducing this type of vessel to help wean a baby could mark an essential change in how our ancestors cared for their children and how many children a family could support. Enabling a mother to stop or reduce breastfeeding of a baby or small child would allow her the time and energy to have another child. This change could have significantly altered the population of a community, allowing it to grow much faster.   

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'Pre-order' items are made to order, and we will dispatch them as soon as we have handcrafted them for you; this usually takes 90 days, but international orders can take a little longer.

Materials

Smoke fired Terracotta

Dimensions

Approx. - Height 95 mm, diameter 80 mm Vösendorf (Austria)

Approx. - Height 70 mm, diameter 80 mm Znojmo (Czech Republic)

Production

Completely hand-built from clays similar in character to those used by the original potters, this vessel has been fired in a wood fire to emulate the original's surface colouration. It has finished with beeswax polish, a material also identified in the residue analysis of the originals. When there is evidence of Neolithic potters' tool use, I have replicated such tools using stone, wood, shell, bone, and antler based on original finds or information gained from marks on original artefacts.

Firing

We have fired this pot to emulate the ancient firing conditions. The original pot was fired in an open wood fire, in close contact with the fuel, a process that leaves its mark on the clay as variations in the surface colour. However, the low temperatures achieved in open firings also result in relatively weak pots, so this pot has been fired to a somewhat higher temperature to strengthen it, in a unique firing process that allows me to achieve an authentic appearance to the pot.

 Health & Safety

This vessel is a Museum Quality Replica and is not intended for use. You should under no circumstances use this vessel to feed a baby or ill person (or anyone). Years of research and technology have gone into producing modern, safe products for caring for babies and the sick. Use those instead! 

Postage

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SHIPPING
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RETURNS
If you aren't completely satisfied with your Potted History piece, please get in touch to organise a return. Email us at

clare@rothburycreates.co.uk

Then you can send it back at your own cost in an unused condition within 30 days, and we'll refund you for the cost of the item or items returned. If you include your order number with the returned package, that will speed things up. Please leave any original packaging intact.

Our returns address is:
Potted History, Gregory Court, Rothbury, Northumberland, NE65 7SW

PRODUCT VARIATION

Please be aware that due to items being handmade and finished, colour variations will occur during the making process, and each replica will have some differences.  Also, know that the item photographed may not be the one that you receive, and colours can appear differently on different screens.  Please ensure you look at all the images to get a fully formed idea of the item you are ordering as we try to capture the variations within the images we share.  If you prefer a specific colour variation, please contact us before ordering. 

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