Baby Rattle
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: Open cage formed of eight silver filigree straps featuring delicate scroll and leaf motifs on each, straps attached to ball above, which rotates and slides up and down central post; attached to base of cage is circular, filigree frame, beneath which hang 6 bells on links (five bells are unadorned; a sixth, which is evidently a replacement, features leaf motifs); 6 structural spokes extend inward from links to ring attached to central post; small domed disc with filigree work situated above cage, which also rotates and slides up and down post; stationary ball near bottom of post prevents cage from sliding further down; attached to fixed ball and post is a flat pearl handle with incised star on front and reverse.
place: label: made in
content: Europe
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Clinton Cohen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-34-8
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: rattle
label: Type
content: rattle
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver, mother-of-pearl
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 14 × 5.5 × 5.5 cm (5 1/2 × 2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in.)