Sweet Old Handmade Cricket or Canary Carrying Cage folk art toy boat as is the top edge

as is the top edge of the frame (1 to 4) and them a 5 at top left

To me there is a lot of poetry in the repetition of simple phases like "Dare to be true" and "The blue-birds have come

This one I love for the curvaceous shapes of those vessels

which I think makes them wonderfully graphic

Framed: 11 3/4" x 9 7/8"

Sweet Old Handmade Cricket or Canary Carrying Cage folk art toy boat as is the top edgeI'm not entirely certain if made as a cricket cage or as one for carrying a canary home for the Parisian burd market, say but whatever the case, a very sweet old handmade wood and wire cage, with some writing in pencil on the face of it that I can't quite read. Perfect for housing a wooden bird or creature of any sort now. 4 1 2" t x 4 1 8" w x 4" d. Very good condition, front slides up easily and shuts tight. Wire handle at top for carrying or