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A rare English slipware model of a cradle, probably North Staffordshire, late 17th or early 18th century image 1
A rare English slipware model of a cradle, probably North Staffordshire, late 17th or early 18th century image 2
A rare English slipware model of a cradle, probably North Staffordshire, late 17th or early 18th century image 3
A rare English slipware model of a cradle, probably North Staffordshire, late 17th or early 18th century image 4
Lot 85

A rare English slipware model of a cradle, probably North Staffordshire, late 17th or early 18th century

Fine Glass and British Ceramics
19 November 2025, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£2,500 - £3,500

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A rare English slipware model of a cradle, probably North Staffordshire, late 17th or early 18th century

Of slab construction with two rockers, both sides and domed hood applied with pairs of knobs, the cream ground trailed in dark brown slip with stylised plants to each end, the canopy inscribed with the initials 'E:G' within wavy borders, further wavy borders and trefoil motifs to the sides, the knobs with dot ornament, 24cm long, 17.5cm high

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Model cradles are believed to have been intended to commemorate weddings or births. A number are illustrated by David Barker and Steve Crompton, Slipware in the Collection of the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery (2007), pp.96-102. Another dated 1708 is illustrated by Leslie B Grigsby, The Longridge Collection (2000), pp.160-1, no.S95.

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