Baby's cot
Category
Childcare objects
Date
circa 1914
Materials
Metal, cotton and lace
Measurements
Cot – 1070 mm (length); 525 mm (width); 860 mm (height), Cover –1130 mm (length); 350 mm (width), Frill –4.133 mm (length); 510 mm (depth), Coverlet –1010 mm (length); 760 mm (width), Lining - 830 mm (depth)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 662960
Summary
A baby's cream metal folding cot which has a canvas base laced to a metal frame with string (circa 1914). It has a trellis around the cot and top frame. The legs have metal and ceramic castors. Also included is a knotted string cover to cot, a white spotted cotton muslin length of material edged with two layers of lace to form a frill, a rectangle of similar muslin with lace edging to form a coverlet and a length of white cotton with attached cotton frill with tapes is fixed at intervals. This last item forms a liner to the cot. This cot was used by the donor and his sister 1914 - 1917. Total number of items is 5.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Dr and Mrs Bruzaud in August 1979.
Marks and inscriptions
Base of cot: THE UNIVERSAL COT [-] / AWARDED/GOLD MEDAL/[-] BRITISH/[-] / [-] ALL BABY LINEN/[WA] / No 5 BUALITH