An Attractive c.1900 Mahogany Cased Lepidopterists’ Collection sub-Antiques Tea canisters as large and

Tea canisters as large and decorative as this are becoming increasingly scarce

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

There is also some old handwriting to one corner

a concoction of blended wheat meals

preying on savannah creatures such as wildebeest

An Attractive c.1900 Mahogany Cased Lepidopterists’ Collection sub-Antiques Tea canisters as large andOrigin: 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