A Fine Mid 20thC Lepidopterist's Shadow Boxed Display of Silk Moths sub-Antiques was a highly prominent British

was a highly prominent British shipping company

Width: 160 cms / 5

They appear to have been painted red in the first instance and there are at least three layer of paint of two or three

the posy bunched in a gold vase sat on a ledge

disturbances of vision

A Fine Mid 20thC Lepidopterist's Shadow Boxed Display of Silk Moths sub-Antiques was a highly prominent BritishOrigin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1950 70 The Case: Height: 10 inches Width: 8. 25 inches Depth: 1. 75 inches The glazed pine shadow box case housing four specimens of silk moth (Bombyx mori) surviving from the middle of the twentieth century. The case is in good condition and ready for wall mounting whilst each specimen remains in fine fettle. Examples of the silk moths preserved here include the Cecropia Silk