Description:
English creamware miniature cradle or image toy covered with a green glaze, which was produced by Wedgwood, Whieldon, and Greatbatch (1735-1813). Greatbatch was a well-known Staffordshire potter, who had also worked for Thomas Whieldon and Josiah Wedgwood. Cradles were very popular forms in English ceramics; delftware and slipware examples appeared as early as the late 17th century. Small cradles or "image toys" could also be tokens of fertility given to newly married couples; after the birth of the first child, cradles with the figure of an infant would be presented. This cradle-shaped form, which has a hollow body, is decorated with 12 panels with "X's" and "+" in the center of each "X", and seven blank panels. The cradle is supported on two applied, crescent feet.
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
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