Figure 1  Cradle, Staffordshire, ca. 1710. Slipware. L. 14". The side shown is inscribed with trailed slip “this i mad for.” Note how the bonnet curves from front to back. (Photos, Gavin Ashworth.) Figure 2  Opposite side of the cradle illustrated in fig. 1, inscribed “yov and moom.” Figure 3  Detail of the cradle bonnet decorated with the portrait of “moom.” Figure 4  Detail of the foot of the cradle with the portrait of “yov.”