Baby's cot
Evered and Company Jr
Category
Childcare objects
Date
circa 1914
Materials
Iron, brass and ceramic
Measurements
780 mm (width); 1170 mm (height); 1268 mm (length)
Place of origin
Smethwick
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660788
Summary
A baby's cast iron cot with removable and lower able sides (circa 1914). It consists of a metal mesh base; two removable sides, each with nine vertical bars, and head and foot frame each with seven vertical bars. The outer bars of both the head and foot frames have brass coloured spherical knobs at the top and ceramic castors at the bottom. The two sides slot in and out of the head and foot frames. Evered and company was founded in 1809 and is still active today. Total number of items is 6.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr Davison in August 1984.
Marks and inscriptions
Label on base of bed: surrounding an image of a pagoda: "ARTISTIC HIGH CLASS ENGLISH BEDSTEADS DURABLE EVERED AND COMPANY JR SMETHWICK ENG./ PAGODA BRAND"
Makers and roles
Evered and Company Jr, maker