A Glorious Late 19thC Shadow Box Framed Entomology Collection sub-Curios The cross is believed to

The cross is believed to be the True Cross

borders the scene

In 1818 Thomas Griffin Hiatt appears in the Wrightson Directory for the first time as a manufacturer of felon's irons and gate locks

and it was he who first patent registered the idea of reflective glass beads for advertising signs and road signage in 1927

the whole presented in its original acorn leaf gilt wood and gesso frame

A Glorious Late 19thC Shadow Box Framed Entomology Collection sub-Curios The cross is believed toOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 The Case: Height: 18. 5 inches Width: 18. 5 inches Depth: 3. 5 inches The oak shadow box with amber interior and gilt gesso ornate frame, housing a collection of exotic butterflies containing approximately over one hundred and twenty specimens of butterfly, moth and beetle, survives form the late nineteenth century. The three dimensional case is in sound structural