Early Carved Doll Crib with Original Yellow Paint artwood toy clean and bright and all

clean and bright and all be the first page in very dark

12 x 7 5/8”

apparently we have the FOE to thank for establishing Mother's Day as a holiday in the U

and I found then with a green velvet ribbon

to which the legs and tail have each been attached by nails (with the nail attached to the tail left loose enough to allow the tail to move from side to side

Early Carved Doll Crib with Original Yellow Paint artwood toy clean and bright and allI found this doll's cradle right beside the miniature ladder back chair I just listed in Maine this past week, and have to guess they both came from the estate of someone with a really terrific early doll furniture collection. While they may not be as hot a ticket as miniature chairs, I find the form of a cradle a super beautiful thing, with its curved rockers underneath and arched end s on top. This one, more early than late 19th c. I would guess and