Details
Rare Heyde Zoological Gardens
tinplate animal cages - three cage building 'House of Beasts of Prey' and 'Royal Bengal Tiger' paper label, sliding cage fronts and spherical finials to roof, single cage with sliding front 'Winter Bear' paper label, deer house with stag antlers above door, two torches, ticket booth, entry gate with 'Zoological Garden' sign and admission sign, twenty-two fence sections, five trees, animals - Bengal tiger, lioness and two cubs, polar bear on all fours, one standing on hind legs and two cubs, three monkey perches, parrot on perch, elephant with raised trunk, elephant calf, camel, two zebra, two stags, five fawns, seal, two seated foxes, two wild boars, two mountain goats, three seated monkies, four ostriches, walking fox, four dogs, zoo visitors - lady with parasol, three men, one with cane, four little girls and little boy (G) (86)
tinplate animal cages - three cage building 'House of Beasts of Prey' and 'Royal Bengal Tiger' paper label, sliding cage fronts and spherical finials to roof, single cage with sliding front 'Winter Bear' paper label, deer house with stag antlers above door, two torches, ticket booth, entry gate with 'Zoological Garden' sign and admission sign, twenty-two fence sections, five trees, animals - Bengal tiger, lioness and two cubs, polar bear on all fours, one standing on hind legs and two cubs, three monkey perches, parrot on perch, elephant with raised trunk, elephant calf, camel, two zebra, two stags, five fawns, seal, two seated foxes, two wild boars, two mountain goats, three seated monkies, four ostriches, walking fox, four dogs, zoo visitors - lady with parasol, three men, one with cane, four little girls and little boy (G) (86)
Provenance
The Collection of the Late John Hanington, Lot 980