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Animals in cages (7 pieces)

1900-1930
Wood, metal, plaster, paint
Overall: 10 x 18 3/4 x 6 in. ( 25.4 x 47.6 x 15.2 cm )
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
1953.58
According to accession records, donor claimed this was part of the Humpty Dumpty Circus manufactured by A. Schoenhut of Philadelphia.
ClassificationsTOYS
DescriptionWooden hip-roofed structure painted green and white with four cages containing painted plaster animals: a white bear, a tigress and cub, and lioness and cub, and a lion.
Sectional Animals
ca. 1900
2000.414
Sectional Animals
1900-1920
1992.12.18
Giraffe cage (2 pieces)
1900-1930
1953.60ab
Bear cub
Britains
1909–1940
2014.31.4842.18
Bear cub
Timpo
1950–1960
2014.31.4844.7
Bear cub
Unidentified maker
2014.31.4895
Parrot in cage
1850-1900
1944.91
A B C of Comic Animals
McLoughlin Brothers
1897
2000.783
Prize Animals
E. I. Horsman Co.
1883
2000.420