I have recently got my old bird cage back from a family member from 30 years ago. Maybe you could help me date it. It is a Hendryx on a stand with wooden wheels. It is a beehive i believe...and would love to know more about it...can you help me?
He included the following pictures:
I knew that I had seen this in one of my Andrew B. Hendryx Co.'s catalogs . I knew it wasn't in the 19th Century books as they didn't sell stands back then. Chris said he'd already looked at the 1910 catalog and it wasn't there.
I started in the 1926 catalog. This one showed several parrot cages but not the one with the stand. Catalog #42, 1930, hit the jackpot. There it is!
Take a look at the catalog pictures:
"Brass Parrot Stand"
Catalog #42, from 1930, describes:
"Oval brass cover, fender, and upright rod, bronzed iron porcelain lined cups, black Japanned adjustable tray, brass plated scroll foot pieces with casters.
Height over all, 63 inches
Height of cover, 31 inches
Diameter of cover, 17 X 21 1/2 inches"
Catalog #43 isn't dated but it was probably 1932. The cage is in this too, and is described as:
" Solid brass oval drilled rail cover with swing. Solid brass fender. Brass stand with bow perch support and cast iron porcelain lined cups. Black Japanned adjustable oval tray. Brass upright. Brass plated scroll foot piece with casters.
Height over all, 63 inches
Height of cover, 31 inches
Diameters of cover, 19 X 24 inches
Catalog #46 is 1938 and this brass parrot stand is not in it.
Chris' cage is 19 X 24. This means that the cage/stand were made after 1930 and before 1938.
Now look at the new pictures that Chris sent of his cleaned cage and stand.
What a wonderful specimen from The Andrew B. Hendryx Co.
I know that there is a complete parrot cage "out there" like this one. I've seen it on the internet, probably on ebay. I don't believe the legs are the same but I'm pretty sure that the top of the stand and the cover are. If you own it, or know of someone who does, please take some pictures of the pieces Chris is missing or if they are available for sale, please let me know. Chris is looking for the
cast iron porcelain lined cups [threaded]
hook attaching the swing to the base of the finial
parrot chain [clips to the parrot's leg so he won't fly away]
brass Hendryx label [from below the door]
I hope you've enjoyed this fact-finding adventure. As always, if you have a cage you want researched or have some information to share, please contact me at tweetthings53@gmail.com. If you have comments that you'd like to post, please do so. They are accessible to everyone and can be encouraging or informative to other readers.
Summer is fading but I know the attics and garages are not emptied of their treasures!! Check out the second hand stores and sidewalk/garage sales and keep an eye out for a vintage or antique Hendryx treasure.
Thanks for reading. Happy Hunting.
Barbara
1 comment:
Hello--
My husband and I came across a parrot cage at a yard sale a few years ago and new it was old and worth a lot so we picked it up for $10. I got to looking at it, and saw it was made by Hendryx in New Haven CT. It's on a solid iron black stand and the cage is a tall brass dome. I havent been able to find any other info on it and came across your blog and thought maybe you might know something. If so, feel free to email me alyssa_ast@yahoo.com
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