GROUP OF BAKELITE FLY BOXES CONTAINING FISH HOOKS

拍品描述

Ca. 20th century AD. >A group comprising several Bakelite fly boxes of rectangular form, each fitted internally with compartment trays or lined panels designed for the storage of fishing flies. The interiors retain numerous examples of artificial flies mounted on hooks, constructed from metal hooks dressed with feathers, fibres, and coloured threads to imitate aquatic insects. > >Size: 156-156mm x 98-98mm; Weight: 1.16kg >Provenance: Prince Collection, 1990s-2014; ex Dupont Morlaix, Paris, NATURALIA SAMEDI 30 MARS 2013 | Lot 196, 197, 201, 202, 204. > >

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