Two Victorian polychrome painted birdcages late 19th/early 20th century

the first in in the form of a pagoda, the central cage flanked by circular turrets and surmounted by a spire with a metal flag; the other in the form of a house, the pitched roof with two gables, the tympanums pierced with foliate carving; the whole with pierced foliate-carved borders raised on bracket feet.

The first in overall good condition; stable, some small chips and losses to paint; appears to have been re-decorated; some minor dings and dents. The other height 29 3/4 in.; width 21 in.; depth 14 1/2 in. (75.6 cm; 53.3 cm; 36.8 cm); Overall fair condition; overall with some old repaired breaks to extremities and with some losses to applied carving to apron and to some pierced carvings to borders; some old marks, scratches and bruises and chips and losses to decoration in places.
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