A Decorative c.1900 Mahogany Cased Lepidopterists' Collection sub-Curios A wonderfully naturalistic piece of

A wonderfully naturalistic piece of eminent sculpture with a ever so slight haunting quality

cheeks and hair particularly pleasing

a blue shade reminiscent of the 1830s

Gipsy Moth

preserving and

A Decorative c.1900 Mahogany Cased Lepidopterists' Collection sub-Curios A wonderfully naturalistic piece ofOrigin: English South American Period: Late Nineteenth Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1895 1910 The Case: Height: 14 inches Width: 18 inches Depth: 2 inches The glazed mahogany display case with hinged sides for access and off white interior housing a collection of exotic butterflies native to Britain and South America containing approximately sixty specimens of butterfly and moth, surviving from the late nineteenth to early