Unknown find Id help

dibger71

I've been bottle digging for 35 years and never found anything resembling this. Does anyone have any idea what this might be? It's hand blown, has a flat spot ground on the bottom so it can sit. It also has a v ground in the top rim so as to create a small hole. I think oil lamp. It's also been around long enough to start to take on the violet from uv exposure. It measures 3 1/8" across, 1 1/8" high with the center hole 7/8" . Any ideas?

Chris

Some might incorrectly call this a breast pump but more accurately I think you will find this described as a nipple shield... for nursing mothers to collect milk.

dibger71

Huh!?!? Now, next to the dentures I dug last year, that is just about the strangest thing I've dug. But that's why I dig... You just never know what's next. Thanks for the info. Lol

Chris

Here is a reference from the Journal of the History of Medicine:

http://jhmas.oxfordjournals.org/content/1/2/316.extract

dibger71

Thanks much.