Mellin's Baby Food.

$65.00

Mellin’s infants Food bottle. Pale green. 14cms , with its original glass lid. English. Circ 1900.

Mellin’s infants Food bottle. Pale green. 14cms , with its original glass lid. English. Circ 1900.

Gustav Mellin developed an infant formula in 1866. A soluble powder comprising dry extract of wheat, malted barley and bicarbonate of potassium that was to be muxed with cow milk. By 1900 the formula was produced as far away as America and Australia.