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Re: Antique Basinette
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Cradle-/321430684454?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ad6c30326
http://www.ebay.com/itm/antique-baby-cradle-/201096713599?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ed24c557f
http://www.museumoffloridahistory.com/resources/collections/furniture/furniture2.cfm
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2445322
Furniture: Cradle; Portable, Ford Johnson, Bentwood, Slat Basket, 49 inch.
Item D9915738
Furniture: A Field or Slave Cradle. Canoe shaped cradle suspended from bent wood frame with two cast iron wheels at one end, and hook handle at opposite end. Manufactured by the Marietta Chair Co. of Marietta, Ohio or the Ford and Johnson Chair Co. of Michigan City, Indiana, circa 1876 to 1886. Purported to have been used by field workers so their infants could accompany them.
One of these cradles is currently on display at the Museum of Florida History as well as the Museum of African .
This is everything I can find....Good Luck. hope this helps.