A Wonderful George III Bird Cage Holding a Taxidermy Budgerigar sub-Antiques and retaining the original black

and retaining the original black painted finish with red highlights and penny slot to the rear of the head

Verso we see the piece is signed JAMES VI I 1566 (the birth date of this Monarch)

“'Photography as an agent in discovering the antecedents of criminals

5 inches (all approximate and at maximum)

A Wonderful George III Bird Cage Holding a Taxidermy Budgerigar sub-Antiques and retaining the original blackOrigin: English Period: George III Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1815 25 (the cage) & c. 1890 (the specimen) Width: 12 inches Height: 20 inches Depth: 9 inches The Georgian period domed rectangular bird cage in a stained fruit or softwood containing a Victorian taxidermy specimen of a male budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) perched on the cages integral swinging perch, the cage with turned cresting and brass ring finial, with turned columns to the