Plateau Beaded Model Cradle with Doll

Description:

Plateau Beaded Model Cradle with Doll, fourth quarter 19th century, cloth-covered tapered wood frame, fully beaded with multicolored floral devices, roll-beaded protective bar with trade bead attachments, the doll with horsehair and beaded details, wearing leather boots and a necklace with an engraved abalone pendant, lg. 18 1/2 in.

Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society, Easton, Pennsylvania.
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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