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This wicker and mahogany cot originally had a canopy, which is now missing. The cot is thought to have been made c. 1840, and was in the possession of a family for a hundred years before it was offered to the Wigan and District Mining and Technical College, who passed it on to MERL.

cot in 17 pieces: wicker, wood

Letter, Wigan and District Mining and Technical College to MERL, 27th May 1953 - 'Antique for giving away // There has been offered to this College a baby-cot made of wicker and mahogany, constructed about 1840, which has been in possession of a family for a hundred years...', MERL ‘Associated information’ form – 'Canopy missing. // [pencil sketch]'