Victorian Collector's Cabinet of Drawers with Entomological Collection

LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D.

14 3/4 x 16 x 11 in. (7.7 kg, 37.5 x 40.5 x 28 cm).

Wooden chest with six sliding drawers, each with two turned wooden knop handles; each drawer with glazed panel and insects on pins with typed labels and detailed findspot tags; winged insects (Diptera, Orthorrapha, etc.), beetles (Cerambycidae, Chysomelidae, etc.), moths, butterflies, dragonflies and others; many in good condition.

Provenance

From a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

CONDITION

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LOT 3019