An exceptionally large blue and white Delft style pottery birdcage, Boch Frères Kéramis, Chambre des Peintres, 19th C.

 H 119 cm

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- A very similar cage was part of the collection of John Nicholas Ringling (May 31, 1866 – December 2, 1936), an American entrepreneur who is best known of the seven Ringling brothers, five of whom merged the Barnum & Bailey Circus with their own Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows to create a virtual monopoly of traveling circuses and helped shape the modern circus. In addition to owning and managing many of the largest circuses in the United States, he was also a rancher, a real estate developer and art collector. He was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 1987 (link and link)