Lot 2108
COLLECTORS CABINET BY WATKINS & DONCASTER - BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS
a walnut collectors cabinet with 18 long glazed drawers with a variety of moth and butterfly specimens, many with information and dates including some from older collections. The cabinet with a retail label for Watkins & Doncaster, Naturalists, London. Specimens include Clouded Magpie, Peacock Moth, Speckled Yellow, Orange Moth, Common Heath, Dotted Carpet, Goat Moth, Scarce Forester, Leopard Moth, various 'Pug' moths, Swallowtail, Orange Tip, Large Skipper, Holly Blue, Chalk Hill Blue, Painted Lady, Small Heath, Scotch Argus, Scarce Dagger, and many more. Some drawers empty or sparse. Cabinet 113cms high, 75cms across
