A Good Early 20thC Mahogany Housed Lepidopterist's Collection

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A Good Early 20thC Mahogany Housed Lepidopterist's CollectionOrigin: British Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: J Burnett (?), 136 Renfield Street, Glasgow Date: c. 1910 30 The Mahogany Case: Height: 5 inches Width: 24 inches Depth: 10. 5 inches The Six Individual Cases: 9 inches x 7 inches each The mahogany hinged box opening to reveal six numbered open fronted cases, each white lined with lift out glazed tray lids, housing a total of one hundred and eleven specimens of moths and butterflies. Each

Once case has annotations reading “L

there are seven areas of "thinning" and uneven wear

The label on this rare example has some wear but is still largely in tact

Mounted on a shield

The colours to the labels are still bright

having knob handles and a skirt base

Depth: 19 inches (at maximum)

a Melbourne architect by the name of Alfred Smart discovered that water-based paint could be applied hot to wood by pumping benzoline fumes through a heated hollow platinum pencil

Loch Katrine

The "Kurdish" language has two main branches Kurdish and Kurmanji

Height: 34

Cats are alleged to be able to see ghosts and spirits easier than humans (hailing from Egyptian beliefs) and it is possible that it was their job to catch vermin of a more spiritual kind

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