The Study of Slugs; A Unique 19thC Limacology Collection in a Cuban Mahogany Collectors Box sub-Curios This attractive pig was perhaps

This attractive pig was perhaps made as a prototype or apprentice type model for a plus sized carousel model or perhaps he was simply crafted as an endearing nod to fairground art and the fun of the fair

The bamboo screen itself is in very good condition

and put back down again countless times

Depth: 2 inches (with face and movement)

The Study of Slugs; A Unique 19thC Limacology Collection in a Cuban Mahogany Collectors Box sub-Curios This attractive pig was perhapsOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 90 The Box: Depth: 10. 25 inches Width: 14. 75 inches Height: 3. 5 inches Housed in a Cuban mahogany compartmentalised collectors box, is this unusual collection of natural history, a comprehensive zoology study of slugs, to be sold with the Victorian collectors original notations detailing the compilation in its every aspect. Overall condition is sound, the labels