Antique Williamsburg Stieff Pewter Pap Boat Williamsburg Restoration CW64-8

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Antique Williamsburg Stieff Pewter Pap Boat Williamsburg Restoration CW64-8:
$7.00

• Williamsburg Pewter \"pap boat\"

• Williamsburg restoration CW64-8 - made in 1968

• measures - 4 3/8\" long X 2 5/8\" wide

• The \'pap boat\' was designed to feed the \'pap\' to babies and invalids. The term \'pap\', allegedly derived from the Scandinavian for the sound made when a baby opens his mouth for nourishment, was probably introduced before its first recordings in literature in the mid 18th century. Recipes for pap usually called for bread, flour and water. A more nourishing mixture, \'panada\', was a pap base with added butter and milk, or cooked in broth as a milk substitute. Variations on the ingredients included Lisbon sugar, beer, wine, raw meat juices and Castile soap. Drugs were sometimes added to \'soothe the baby\'.

Resembling a sauce boat (or sometimes a small bed-pan), they were made of wood, silver, pewter, bone, porcelain or glass. They ranged from very plain, for poor families or foundling homes, to highly decorated pieces for wealthier clients.

Silver pap boats or infant feeders were in use from the late 17th through the 19th centuries

• I have included photos of original 1968 Williamsburg restoration pamphlet to show the items origin - this is NOT included in sale

• I have 3 available for purchase, price listed is for one

• Comes from smoke/pet free Environment

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• Returns/exchanges are accepted within 30 days. Buyer pays for shipping cost on returns unless the item you received was different from the one you purchased or does not match product description