A Fine Mid 20thC Lepidopterist's Shadow Boxed Display of Silk Moths sub-Curios From this we can deduce

From this we can deduce that the picture was framed (and probably painted) at least sixty years ago because the South African phone number on the label is only five digits long

Height: 70 inches

This is the more desirable of the two

A glorious throwback to an era of great scientific fascination

His company produced high quality reproductions of major art work and greeting cards using the complex technique of chromolithography

A Fine Mid 20thC Lepidopterist's Shadow Boxed Display of Silk Moths sub-Curios From this we can deduceOrigin: 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