ON HOLD Wonderful Late 19th C. Shenandoah Valley Folk Art Birdcage carved man's shoe an early American tin toy

an early American tin toy maker based in NYC

and also I think likely quite possessive of it

The rectangular frames on each side hold small mirrors

The weaving is attached to metal bars on top and bottom

The blue paint has little green and a little gray in it

ON HOLD Wonderful Late 19th C. Shenandoah Valley Folk Art Birdcage carved man's shoe an early American tin toyThis 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