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A GROUP OF TWELVE ENGLISH DISPLAY CASES FOR BUDGERIGARS
Lot 63

A GROUP OF TWELVE ENGLISH DISPLAY CASES FOR BUDGERIGARS

MID-20TH CENTURY

Closed3 September 2014

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GBP 6,250

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A GROUP OF TWELVE ENGLISH DISPLAY CASES FOR BUDGERIGARS
MID-20TH CENTURY
Comprising twelve black painted wood and metal cages, the interior each with paper and feather budgie models, with three travelling cases for the cages with white painted inscription 'G WRIGHT/ HUCKNALL NOTTIN'
Cage: 10 in. (26 cm.) high; 12 in. (31 cm.) wide
Travelling case: 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) high; 25 ½ in. (65 cm.) wide

Specialist note

The cages in the lot would have been used as a display cages for bird fancier shows, the arsenic green background of the cages was mandatory to display the budgies against.