An Attractive c.1900 Mahogany Cased Lepidopterists’ Collection sub-Curios Painted in oils on canvas

Painted in oils on canvas and presented in a wooden frame with signature lower right

or eclectic interiors this is a rare and splendidly colourful piece

" The Tortoise was very glad indeed

Green and white are also the colours of the leek

An Attractive c.1900 Mahogany Cased Lepidopterists’ Collection sub-Curios Painted in oils on canvasOrigin: English South American Period: Late Nineteenth Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1895 1910 The Case: Height: 12 inches Width: 16 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 forty specimens of butterfly and moth, in a wide variety of colourways, surviving from