Silk cocoon
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
Silk cocoon, silk moth, glass, wood, silk
Measurements
160 mm (H)105 mm (Diameter)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335927
Summary
Glass dome bell jar on circular, black, wooden base containing two silk cocoons and silk moth pinned to a blue silkcovered surface. One cocoon stands on a wooden spool.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.