Hot 'N Cold Feeding Dish

Description:

Child's feeding dish (A), with lid (B), and power cord (C), in original cardboard box, printed with photo of product and description. Dish (A) is molded plastic, white, rectangular, with three separate rectangular compartments for different foods, first two compartments are equal in size, third is slightly smaller. Each compartment has a color illustration of a baby: a girl with a pink bow in her hair, holding a doll, a young boy in a blue shirt plays with a toy train, and a young girl wears a blue cap and shirt, pink gloves. Above the third compartment the words "COOL SECTION" are embossed in sans serif. The bottom has a brown rubber suction cup, flat, to keep in place on table, with rubber "RELEASE" pull attached. Bottom is embossed: "GERBER MODEL NO. 3718/UL LISTED FOOD WARMER 154 H/120 VOLTS A.C. ONLY 55 WATTS/DIST. BY GERBER PRODUCTS CO. U.S.A./UNPLUG CORD AT BOTH ENDS/BEFORE FEEDING CHILD/DO NOT PLACE IN MICROWAVE OVEN"

(B) is the molded plastic lid, clear, with molded rectangular handle in center. Faceted, slightly raised.

(C) is the white rubber power cord with two-prong plug.

Maker is Gerber Products Company, Fremont, Michigan.

Date Made: ca 1980s

Maker: Gerber Products Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Michigan, Fremont

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1988.0608.07Accession Number: 1988.0608Catalog Number: 1988.0608.07

Object Name: Dish, Infant'sdish, feeding, electric

Physical Description: plastic (overall material)rubber (overall material)Measurements: overall-dish: 2 in x 9 3/4 in x 6 3/8 in; 5.08 cm x 24.765 cm x 16.1925 cmoverall-in box: 2 1/2 in x 11 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 28.575 cm x 16.51 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-5508-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_324349

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