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

with pyjama stripe shirt and fudge coloured trousers and carved fingers

There is a nice inscription to the inner lid that reads

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