Small, circular or boat-shaped container without feet that curves into a short lip at one end. Of silver, gold or ceramic, it was used for feeding pap (a soft mixture of bread, sugar and water or milk) to infants and invalids. Some have covers, flat, looped or stem handles and a matching spoon. Plain or sparsely ornamented, they sometimes have repouss? bowls, embossed or gadrooned rims and a coin embedded in the interior. The form appeared c. 1710 and was made in Europe, America and China until c. 1830, when it was superseded by the bubby-pot, a type of feeding pot invented in the late 18th century.
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