• Lot 068 - Pair Of Antique Nursing Bottle Ephemera Pieces Depicting Early Nursing Bottles, So-Called “Murder Bottles,” 1902 Valentine By Walter Wirths And 1887 N.Y. Condensed Milk Co. Trade Card
  • Lot 068 - Pair Of Antique Nursing Bottle Ephemera Pieces Depicting Early Nursing Bottles, So-Called “Murder Bottles,” 1902 Valentine By Walter Wirths And 1887 N.Y. Condensed Milk Co. Trade Card
  • Lot 068 - Pair Of Antique Nursing Bottle Ephemera Pieces Depicting Early Nursing Bottles, So-Called “Murder Bottles,” 1902 Valentine By Walter Wirths And 1887 N.Y. Condensed Milk Co. Trade Card
  • Lot 068 - Pair Of Antique Nursing Bottle Ephemera Pieces Depicting Early Nursing Bottles, So-Called “Murder Bottles,” 1902 Valentine By Walter Wirths And 1887 N.Y. Condensed Milk Co. Trade Card
  • Lot 068 - Pair Of Antique Nursing Bottle Ephemera Pieces Depicting Early Nursing Bottles, So-Called “Murder Bottles,” 1902 Valentine By Walter Wirths And 1887 N.Y. Condensed Milk Co. Trade Card
  • Lot 068 - Pair Of Antique Nursing Bottle Ephemera Pieces Depicting Early Nursing Bottles, So-Called “Murder Bottles,” 1902 Valentine By Walter Wirths And 1887 N.Y. Condensed Milk Co. Trade Card
  • Lot 068 - Pair Of Antique Nursing Bottle Ephemera Pieces Depicting Early Nursing Bottles, So-Called “Murder Bottles,” 1902 Valentine By Walter Wirths And 1887 N.Y. Condensed Milk Co. Trade Card
  • Lot 068 - Pair Of Antique Nursing Bottle Ephemera Pieces Depicting Early Nursing Bottles, So-Called “Murder Bottles,” 1902 Valentine By Walter Wirths And 1887 N.Y. Condensed Milk Co. Trade Card
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Lot 068 - Pair Of Antique Nursing Bottle Ephemera Pieces Depicting Early Nursing Bottles, So-Called “Murder Bottles,” 1902 Valentine By Walter Wirths And 1887 N.Y. Condensed Milk Co. Trade Card

Lot 068 - Pair Of Antique Nursing Bottle Ephemera Pieces Depicting Early Nursing Bottles, So-Called “Murder Bottles,” 1902 Valentine By Walter Wirths And 1887 N.Y. Condensed Milk Co. Trade Card

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Two pieces of antique ephemera depicting early nursing bottles, commonly referred to in the modern oddities community as “murder bottles,” a nickname tied to historical reports of infant illness and death caused by hard-to-clean rubber hoses and nipples. Includes a 1902 valentine written from the perspective of a nursing bottle, copyright 1902 by Walter Wirths, and an 1887 trade card from the N.Y. Condensed Milk Co. showing a baby drinking from a nursing bottle. Both pieces exhibit wear, handling marks, and age-related toning consistent with age. Offered as found. Item dimensions of advertising valentine.

Dimensions: 7" W x 9" H

Auction Date: 01/22/2026

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