Lot 137
A SCOTTISH OAK CRADLE
19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day One | Wednesday 19 August from 10am | Lots 1 - 198
Description
with raised panel sides and an arched hinged hood, with turned finials, on curved rocking rails
Dimensions
91cm long, 58cm wide, 69cm high
Footnote
For a similar cradle with an arched hood, an example is illustrated in Bernard D Cotton, Scottish Vernacular Furniture, 2008, p53. Another similar is illustrated in the painting Dawn to Sunset by William Faed, circa 1850, on the same page.