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Cradle (Miniature cradle)
1760-1800
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1959.2145
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.2145
Object Name
Cradle (Miniature cradle)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1760-1800
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Dipped
Dimensions (inches)
3.12 (H) x 2.12 (W) x 4.5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
7.925 (H) x 5.385 (W) x 11.43 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2005 British Earthenware and Porcelain in Eighteenth Century America, in Gray, Jonathan. 2005. Welsh Ceramics in Context. 2. 71-91.
• Published: p. 76, pl. 4.7Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Similar green-glazed example: February 22-24, 2008, lot 482.Book: Beane, Candace & Donald, Ellen. 1994 Archaeology Sets the Tavern Table: Alexandria Tavern Ceramics 1760 to 1820.
• Green-glazed cradle (different model) excavated McKnight's Tavern, Alexandria, VA: fig. 12.