A Beautiful Mid 20thC Dome Cased Lepidopterists' Display sub-Antiques but for folk art pieces

but for folk art pieces the painting on these two money boxes is in very good order

Height: 13 inches (to include stand)

There is a nice inscription to the inner lid that reads

A familiar object found in English country houses to this day

figure and shell

A Beautiful Mid 20thC Dome Cased Lepidopterists' Display sub-Antiques but for folk art piecesOrigin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1950 70 The Dome: Height: 8 inches Diameter: 5 inches (at base) The turned and stained oak base having a glass dome cover, containing four preserved butterfly specimens each positioned round a naturalistic setting, survives from the third quarter of the twentieth century. The glass dome and wooden base are in sound structural condition and the specimens themselves are in also