ON HOLD Wonderful Late 19th C. Shenandoah Valley Folk Art Birdcage painting signed rene But indeed there is a

But indeed there is a Napier mark on the tip of the tail

12 5/8" long x 2" wide measured as it hangs (the chain itself is about twice that in total length)

so would think this dates to the first quarter of the 20th c

particularly in Europe

t and then a large blank space before what might again be "Amo

ON HOLD Wonderful Late 19th C. Shenandoah Valley Folk Art Birdcage painting signed rene But indeed there is aThis birdcage is my favorite find of the week, to my eye really a wonderful thing, which I know from the seller came out of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, c. 1880s 1900. The hand of the maker is viscerally palpable everywhere, and especially in the hand carved, purely decorative pieces around the top, four arches each, and four more arches over the front door, which slides smoothly up to let a bird in or out. The entire structure hooks to the base