page_title: Birdcage
hierarchical_section_title: Birdcage
caption_attribution_description: British; Birdcage; Woodwork-Furniture
context_page_description: A birdcage is a cage designed to house birds as pets.
  Antique birdcages are often popular as collectors' items or as household decor but most are not suitable for housing live birds, being too small, improper shape, using unsafe materials or construction. Good quality cages designed for pet birds are more suitable.
context_section_description: A birdcage (or bird cage) is a cage designed to house birds as pets.
  Antique (or antique-style) birdcages are often popular as collectors' items or as household decor but most are not suitable for housing live birds, being too small, improper shape, using unsafe materials or construction. Good quality cages designed for pet birds are more suitable.
caption: British birdcage, circa 1750, mahogany and brass, overall: 217.8 × 62.9 × 62.9 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
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