Butterfly Collecting Jar

Artisan: Country Treasures (Laura Brownhill)
Date: 2022
Bought from: Miniatura March 2022
Intended Room: Felix’s Bedroom
Dimensions: 22 (or 45 including twine handle) x 18 x 18 mm; ⅞ (or 1 ⅞ including twine handle) x ¾ x ¾ inches (height x width x depth)
Inventory number: 2022.088

Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist’s stand at Miniatura at the NEC Birmingham in March 2022.

The maids have come to dread going into Felix’s room. There are always dead butterflies lying around or, even worse, live ones that have escaped. This jar, beautifully made by Laura Brownhill of Country Treasures, shows Felix’s latest finds waiting to be ‘processed’. The detail is wonderful. Along with the butterflies perched on a twig inside the jar, there are tiny bits of dirt and fragments of leaf, not to mention the twine handle and the waxed paper lid carefully pierced with holes.