| Reference Number | MIMM/2025-18-2 |
| Title | Silver Pap Boat |
| Date | 1764 |
| Description | Silver pap boat with ring handle added later. Half of a lion passant hallmark is stamped to the left of the ring indicated it was made in England. A makers mark "SM" is also stamped to the left of the ring. To the right of the ring is the crowned leopards head London Assay Office stamp indicating it was made in London, and to right of that is an upper case ‘J’ in gothic script indicating the piece was made in 1764 per the London Assay Office.
Pap boats were used to feed children and patients 'pap', a mix of gruel, bread, and milk. Most pap boats were produced between 1715-1830s. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 125mm x 64mm x 37mm |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| Copyright | Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Credit Line | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Object Name | Feeder |
| Term | Feeding Methods -- Instrumentation |
| Patient Care -- instrumentation |