A Large French Painted Zinc Chateau Birdcage c.1910 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus The late Victorian period pine

The late Victorian period pine carcass of narrow proportions with the original period black painted finish having an arrangement of six graduated long drawers with knob handles to each

that it received the credit it deserved

and we cannot find another example having been recently offered for sale

These figures were obviously brought back by the owners from mid nineteenth century Italy and forgotten about which makes them even more interesting

A Large French Painted Zinc Chateau Birdcage c.1910 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus The late Victorian period pineOrigin: FrenchPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1900 1930Width: 32Depth: 32Height: 74The large turquoise painted bent iron, zinc and mesh chateau birdcage, in three pieces to include a two piece stand, the cage of hexagonal pagoda form and surmounted by a flag finial, with one sprung loaded and decorated latched door to two feeders, the cage on a hexagonal base to four scrolled feet, the whole surviving from early twentieth century