Paint-decorated Cradle and Box with Alphabet Letters and Blocks

Description:

Paint-decorated Cradle and Box with Alphabet Letters and Blocks, 19th century, the green-painted cradle with shaped rockers and sides, the blue-painted box with red edging and arched ends, square alphabet blocks with stamped and painted sides, numbers nursery rhymes and images, letter-shaped alphabet letters with applied lithograph paper decals and illustrations, old surfaces, some repaint, ht. to 8 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-500

One end board of the cradle is broken.


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