A Large Decorative Dome Cased Exotic Lepidopterists’ Display sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Ship's Telegraphs are among the

Ship's Telegraphs are among the most poignant of wreck finds

star and flower-head motifs

Initially the brand was called Mex which had been a brand of the Bowring Petroleum Co Ltd who had been taken over by Shell in 1921

opera glasses and as we see here

A Large Decorative Dome Cased Exotic Lepidopterists’ Display sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Ship's Telegraphs are among theOrigin: English with the Specimens Indonesian & South American Period: Late Twentieth Century & Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1980 2000 (the arrangement), c. 1880 (the dome) The Dome: Height: 20. 5 inches Base: 14 x 7 inches The turned oval stained oak base having a large nineteenth century glass dome cover, containing an arrangement of sixteen preserved butterfly specimens consisting of thirteen Orange Barred Sulphur specimens