Curious Antique Tray Real Butterfly Wings, Brazil

A French tray with painted flowers and birds. The tray stands on a later metal with gilded details and X-shaped stretcher. Details

Occasional table in Emile Galle style. Various colored veneers on solid wood. (G-Gm-50).

20th century side table E. Gallé, Art Nouveau Solid wood with floral carvings. Variously colored marquetry on solid wood. Heraldic inlaid and profiled framed tabletop. Table top on...

Monumental old wood inlaid mural, signed W. V. (unique) Naive art Large mural (wooden inlays) made of different woods. Illustration of a family seated at ...

Rare 1930s Brazilian Art Deco Butterfly Wing Cocktail Tray – Reverse Glass Painted Rio de Janeiro Landscape with Parrots & Marquetry Frame This str...

Beautiful Antique Butterfly Tray This exquisite antique tray showcases a stunning geometric design created beneath glass, featuring carefully arranged,...

We are excited to present this vintage Brazilian inlaid wood tray with real Morpho butterfly wings. This vintage tray features a geometric pattern m...

Antiques of London What makes this piece truly special is its unique backstory. According to the attached note, this tray was handmade by a prisoner on Devil’s Island, a notorious penal colony off the coast of French Guiana. It was brought back in the 1940s by a seafaring relative, the note on the back says: “This tray was made by a prisoner on Devil’s Island, brought home by Nevine Needham’s cousin sometime in the 1940s. At that time, he was a Second Officer in the Merchant Navy, and when ships were calling at Argentina, they had to dock at Devil’s Island because the water was too shallow on the mainland at that point.” Butterfly wing crafts like this were often sold or bartered by prisoners and local artisans to passing sailors. This exceptional piece is not only a beautiful vintage butterfly wing tray...