Beetle
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Cork, Beetle, Textile
Measurements
75 mm (Height); 17 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
West Indies
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1336165
Summary
Glass bottle with cork bung with red textile tab, containing three iridescent green beetles with sand coloured circles on the wings and head and red lozenges on wings.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.