Description:
English pearlware miniature cradle figurine or image toy covered with yellow glaze and decorated with blue, red, yellow, brown enamels. The child in a crib was a popular figure for many years; traditionally the first were said to be representative of the dead child of Admiral Romney, but this has not been substantiated. 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 a child, such as this example, would be presented. This cradle-shaped form, which has a hollow body, has a molded image of a child in cradle covered in a blanket, decorated with under and overglaze enamel colors. There is an old paper label on base of cradle markded "MJB".
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome Link to share this object record:
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