Trapdoor Spider: A Rare Collection of Nests, One Occupied, from Ladysmith, Natal; 1897 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Early toy trains or those

Early toy trains or those without steam or clockwork were simple toys made to be pushed or pulled along the floor

the central motif in charcoal

Jockey Club for example was based on rose-jasmin plus orris/cassie notes and dates from the 1840s

this example is a highly important and charming picture

Trapdoor Spider: A Rare Collection of Nests, One Occupied, from Ladysmith, Natal; 1897 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Early toy trains or thoseOrigin: South African Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1897 Lengths: Ranging from 2. 25 inches to 7. 5 inches Comprising one spider in a small trapdoor nest, four longer and vacant nests, and three other nest sections with fourteen nest lids, and additional hand written original paper label reading; Nest of Trapdoor Spider, Ladysmith Natal, 1897, fam. Theraphosidae, Cyrtocarenum rufidens. Each nest, made of soil, vegetation