Superb Shuttered Birdcage for Songbirds from 1900

  
Superb Bird Cage with shutters for Songbirds - circa 1900. Small semi-blind cage made of elm wood intended for finches or Hartz canaries, both front doors plunge them into total darkness for the learning of singing. For the highly popular competitions at the time in Flanders. Beautiful object of popular art, most likely a unique model made by the breeder... End of the 19th or early 20th century. Height: 30 cm, length: 40 cm, depth: 17 cm.