Blaschka Glass Models of Plants

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The Blaschka Glass Models of Plants are an extraordinary collection of scientifically accurate, hand-crafted glass botanical sculptures created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka.

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  • Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ×1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf botanical model collection
glass model collection
museum collection
alsoKnownAs Harvard Glass Flowers
Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants
associatedWith botanist George Lincoln Goodale
city Cambridge, Massachusetts
collectionSize about 4300 models
over 4000 models
commissionedBy Harvard Botanical Museum
Harvard University
commissionPurpose to create accurate three-dimensional botanical teaching models
country United States
creator Leopold Blaschka
Rudolf Blaschka
endTime 1936
fundedBy Elizabeth C. Ware
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz
Mary Lee Ware
genre art glass
botanical illustration
scientific model
heritageStatus culturally significant collection
housedAt Harvard Museum of Natural History
Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries
includes flowers
fruits
leaves
plant anatomical details
seeds
languageOfName English
locatedIn Harvard University
mainSubject botany
plants
manufacturer Blaschka family
material glass
notableFor handcrafted glass techniques
lifelike detail
scientific accuracy
partOf Harvard Museum of Natural History permanent collection
productionPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
startTime 1886
technique flameworked glass
lampworking
use botanical teaching
museum exhibition
scientific research

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