A Beautiful Mid 20thC Dome Cased Lepidopterists' Display sub-Antiques There is a nice inscription

There is a nice inscription to the inner lid that reads

Painted in oils on canvas and presented in their original gilt composition frames the apparently unsigned pair of English school studies of young St

5 inches (whole)

with pyjama stripe shirt and fudge coloured trousers and carved fingers

A Beautiful Mid 20thC Dome Cased Lepidopterists' Display sub-Antiques There is a nice inscriptionOrigin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1950 70 The Dome: Height: 8 inches Diameter: 5 inches (at base) The turned and stained oak base having a glass dome cover, containing four preserved butterfly specimens each positioned round a naturalistic setting, survives from the third quarter of the twentieth century. The glass dome and wooden base are in sound structural condition and the specimens themselves are in also