Cradle
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
oak
Measurements
813 x 660 mm; 940 mm (Length)
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Townend, Cumbria
NT 478452
Summary
Oak cradle, half tester with pitched roof channelled on turned spindles to sides and head, ball finials at each corner, sides each with two panels carved with interlace work and pair of turned knobs to each side, the head panel carved 'GBE 1670' (George and Ellinor Browne) on stippled ground beneath a hinged door with knob, carved with interlace design, tailboard carved likewise, pair of curved rockers with pierced brackets.
Marks and inscriptions
GBE 1670 (head panel carved)