A Good Mid 20thC Cased Atlas Silk Moth Size:Default Title 1860 to the late 19th

1860 to the late 19th century

Used in France in the early twentieth century as a cast mould for a resin or composition piece

The delicately proportioned Georgian period reverse glass paint and foil pictures in their original ebonised frames depicting two colourful birds amongst flowers and foliage survive from the turn of the eighteenth century in the Austrian Empire

high spindled back

plocamium cartilagineum

A Good Mid 20thC Cased Atlas Silk Moth Size:Default Title 1860 to the late 19thOrigin: British Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1950 60 The Case: Height: 8 inches Width: 10 inches Depth: 1. 5 inches The rectangular oak case housing a large Atlas silk moth (Attacus atlas) specimen survives from the middle of the twentieth century. Overall condition is very good with no loss to either the specimen or case to report. Atlas moths are said to be named after either the Titan of Greek mythology, or their map