A Large Decorative Dome Cased Exotic Lepidopterists’ Display sub-Antiques which featured a U-section of

which featured a U-section of string steel that was far superior to any competitor

The red velvet ground is thinning in some small areas and the bone crucifix is loose on its axis whilst the ebonised pine is in good order and the piece retains its old hanging hook for display

Britain and Germany before World War I

This particular example is quite unusual

that example being in oils

A Large Decorative Dome Cased Exotic Lepidopterists’ Display sub-Antiques which featured a U-section ofOrigin: English with the Specimens Indonesian & South American Period: Late Twentieth Century & Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1980 2000 (the arrangement), c. 1880 (the dome) The Dome: Height: 20. 5 inches Base: 14 x 7 inches The turned oval stained oak base having a large nineteenth century glass dome cover, containing an arrangement of sixteen preserved butterfly specimens consisting of thirteen Orange Barred Sulphur specimens