I think they date from the 1940's. They were the glass, wide-mouthed, easy to clean alternative to the tiny-mouthed (1/2" opening) bottles common in the '20's and '30's. I have a couple of 8oz and one 4oz "antique" Hygeia bottles in my collection of infant feeding devices.
It seems they are generally unaware of the company's bottle-making history, so I wonder how the new pump company came to adopt the bottle company's name?
Phyllia

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LOL, maybe you are not old enough :-)  Look up Hygeia bottles on google :-) 
That was my only frame of ref, didn't get to convention lately.  Pat in SNJ

> Pat, I'm not sure where you  got the impression that Hygeia was mainly a
> feeding-bottle  manufacturer.

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