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Baby walker

Findspot: 
Cambridgeshire
Period: 
Date: 
c. 1790
Material: 
Wood
Dimensions: 
H. 50cm; Dia. base 65.7cm

Baby walkers like this one were used from as early as the fifteenth century until the nineteenth century. They served a dual purpose: to help a child learn to walk and to protect it from falling into open fires at the home.

Collection information

Collection: 
Museum of Cambridge
Accession No: 
CAMFK:58b.53

Exhibition details

Catalogue number: 
78

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