Important English Staffordshire slipware decorated doll cradle, dated 1698 and initialed MC, decorated in brown, cream, and russet with dotted tulips and pinwheel flowers, 4 1/2" x 11". An early tag accompanying this reads, "This pottery cradle was made in England in 1698. It belonged to Mary Logan Smith who lived 1838 to 1889." Two closely related bragget pots, likely by the same maker, were sold at Sotheby's, The Collection of Anne and Frederick Vogel III, January 19, 2019, lot 616, and Sotheby's Important English Pottery: The Harriet Carlton Goldweitz Collection, lot 37. Provenance: Property of a New Jersey Educational Institution.