An Attractive c.1900 Mahogany Cased Lepidopterists’ Collection sub-Antiques showing real quality in the

showing real quality in the form of the materials it encompasses in its construction

Ernest Forbes was an artist who essentially turned his back on fame and fortune

There is also some old handwriting to one corner

There is some wear to the painted finial

Garden Grove

An Attractive c.1900 Mahogany Cased Lepidopterists’ Collection sub-Antiques showing real quality in theOrigin: 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