Vintage Butterfly Case II - Formerly Museum Collection Mid 20th CenturyAn incredibly beautiful collection of Butterflies housed in a glass museum case from a European Museum c. 1950. The glass box allows us to view the perfect beauty of species of the family Papilionidae This particular case holds many butterflies found in the British isles: Fritillaries; Small White; Emperors to name a few. Post Renaissance the growing interest in Butterfly collecting or studying, related to the expanding knowledge of science, nature