A pine childs cradle, English, 19th century

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A pine childs cradle, English, 19th century
with covered head end, tapered sides and rockers, with brass plaque CRUSOE'S CRADLE, BORN AT THE CRAGGY WELL, WELL BRAE, LARGO, FYFESHIRE, IN THE YEAR 1676, also various scratch carved inscriptions partly concealed beneath a Victorian bead-work fragment -- 35in. (89cm.) long

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