This time, make it Osborn

Greetings and happy Spring.  This is the time for Spring cleaning and I've noticed my cages are not exempt from dust.  It's time to take them apart, gently dust and maybe move them to another part of the house.  Changing them up gives me the opportunity to have them in different parts of the house and gives them more opportunity for different emphasis and viewing.

I've been looking at my Hendryx trade catalogs and thought I'd bring something to your attention.  There are several cages in the catalogs that are labeled as Osborn cages.   There are patents in my patent book that refer to patents by Leon but attributed to Hendryx Co.  This evidence shows me that the Andrew B. Hendryx Co. was a company which employed known competitors at certain times in its history. Leon cages come up for sale every now and then on ebay; Osborn's also.  I've seen no evidence of neither Crown nor Lindemann being part of the Hendryx Co. from the trade or patent catalogs I have.  But, once again, my trade catalogs end at 1930.

Today I'd like to show you an Osborn cage and will ask you if you have any feeders to match that you are willing to sell.  I have a cyber cage collector contact who is looking for feeders for her Osborn cage.

Let's get some pictures in here before we go much further.

I've never seen an Osborn cage before and am intrigued with the feeder entry sites.  I haven't seen that kind of opening before and hadn't seen any of the feeders that fit.  There was an Osborn that just sold on ebay that I lost the bid on.  The feeder is embossed with an "F", an "O", and an "M".  It's kind of a short, stubby feeder and very distinct.  My cyber friend is looking for a pair.

I am always on the lookout for interesting old/antique feeders.  If you have any that you want to talk about and/or sell, and share some photos, please feel free to do so.

I will talk more about feeders in my next entry.

Happy Hendryx hunting.

Barbara