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Lot 379
Pennsylvania Paint-Decorated Folk Art Miniature Doll Cradle
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
19th century, pine construction with allover black, red, yellow and green paints; the exterior depicting a Federal home on the back board, the left side showing a woman in a farmyard knocking the hat off a man's head with a broom; the right side having a battle scene inhabited by a soldier taking aim with his musket while facing a roaring cannon, the field with various weapons, a striped flag, and two drums with sticks.

6 3/8 x 12 x 8 in.

Important Americana From the Personal Collection of The Late H. William Koch, Pook & Pook, Inc., Lot 229, June 5, 1999. The cradle is shown both on the cover and above the interior listing. The original catalogue is included with the lot.

Small wedge of loss to the top of the front right rocker; wear to the high points.

$5,000 - 10,000