Furniture, Works of Art & Tribal Art - Two Day Sale - 2nd July 2013

Lot 336

A late Victorian oak

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1800

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Description

A late Victorian oak, mahogany and stained pine collector's cabinet, with a panelled door enclosing twenty glazed topped drawers containing a collection of butterflies and moths, some with date and location of capture, 49in (124.5cm) high, 22¼in (56.3cm) wide, 20½in (52cm) deep.

Provenance: Dr. John Ash, ornithologist, Fordingbridge.