Staffordshire model commemorative cradle

An image of Model Cradle/Commemorative Crib. Inscribed, 'MARY OVERTON – HER CRADEL, 1729'. Staffordshire pottery. Lead-glazed earthenware, slipware. English.

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Model Cradle/Commemorative Crib. Inscribed, 'MARY OVERTON – HER CRADEL, 1729'. Staffordshire pottery. Lead-glazed earthenware, slipware. English.

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Accession Number: C.237-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/39.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 845 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 194.17kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 39/1

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