A Large French Painted Zinc Chateau Birdcage c.1910 sub-Fairground-Sideshow & Circus The Smaller: 58” high

The Smaller: 58” high

crease marks

The pole finial is original and shows some of the original egg blue paint

or indeed hallway

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 Smaller: 58” highOrigin: 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