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Object NameSpecimen Part for Marine Invertebrate Model

Maker Leopold Blaschka (1822-1895)

Maker Rudolf Blaschka (1857-1939)

Made FromGlass

Date1863-1890

Place MadeGermany, Dresden

TechniqueFlameworked

SizeOverall H: 11.2 cm, Diam (max): 2.7 cm

Accession Number93.3.273-63

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

The Blaschkas used preformed parts when they created some of their models. These parts include anemone bodies, sea jelly domes, and the central disks of sea stars. The Blaschkas used many different techniques to achieve great variety in shape, size, color, and ornate detail.

Physical DescriptionPart of Glass Model of Marine Animal. Colorless glass; flameworked. Colorless tubular form with ~1 cm long protrusions applied to wider, closed end of tube. Six applied circular trails applied around narrower, open end. Yellowed adhesive appears to have been applied to majority of exterior.
Provenance

Source Botanical Museum of Harvard University - 1993

Former Collection Gertrude Pones (German)