Sweet Old Handmade Cricket or Canary Carrying Cage leather sack with sculpted then hand-painted features

with sculpted then hand-painted features

which I am guessing indicates this was either painted at or previously owned by Wellesley College

which I think someone took great pains to try to get right

where I believe it has likely always lived as there is an inscription along one edge on back of the frame

along a bit of pooling of the glaze near the bottom

Sweet Old Handmade Cricket or Canary Carrying Cage leather sack with sculpted then hand-painted featuresI'm not entirely certain if made as a cricket cage or as one for carrying a canary home for the Parisian burd market, say but whatever the case, a very sweet old handmade wood and wire cage, with some writing in pencil on the face of it that I can't quite read. Perfect for housing a wooden bird or creature of any sort now. 4 1 2" t x 4 1 8" w x 4" d. Very good condition, front slides up easily and shuts tight. Wire handle at top for carrying or