Doll's cradle
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wicker, Hazel
Measurements
381 mm (H)406 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338993.1
Summary
Wicker doll's cradle with two wooden rockers and a wooden pole between them. Oval base. Wicker hood at one end. Three carrying handles - one each side and one at the end. Currently contains a doll (1342735) In notebook no.5, page 36 (1340945.5) Charles Wade refers to: 'Nursery no.56 Old Wicker Doll's Cradle & coverlet' Includes sketch with dimensions16" length.
Provenance
CPW item 56 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 5 Second Floor, 1944, Page 36