Originally Posted by JayCee
What a wonderful talent! I have a rocking crib that looks exactly like yours. It is doll size and belonged to my greatmother as a child and has been passed down through the little girls in the family. It has square hand forged nails in it.
This one was put together with compound angle dovetails. Due to the angle of the taper of the sides to the bottom. I made it for my Sisters first child. That child, a girl, has grown up and become an architect, and has just had her second child, who was placed in that same cradle. And so the tradition continues. That is kind of neat. In between births, I think the cradle sits in their living room, with a Doll and frilly covers in it. Then every 9 months and 10 minutes, it is put to work as originally intended.
John