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Miniature Crib

Furniture MakerMade by John Gardiner Thurber

Original OwnerOriginally owned by Eleanor Field

Dateafter 1849

ClassificationsFurniture

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edward B. Field

Object number1930.8.2

InscribedA piece of cream-colored cloth tape is affixed to the underside of the cradle in the middle. Handwritten in blue ink is, "Eleanor Field".NotesHistorical Note: According to a letter written by the donor, this was made by her uncle, John Gardiner Thurber. He was a "forty-niner", and went to California in 1849 to find gold. He was aboard ship when he made this, returning from the gold fields of California via Cape Horn.

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