Blaschka Glass Models of Plants

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botanical model collection glass model collection museum collection

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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Label	Occurrences
Blaschka Glass Models of Plants canonical	4
Blaschka glass models	1
Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	botanical model collection ⓘ glass model collection ⓘ museum collection ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Glass Flowers ⓘ surface form: Harvard Glass Flowers Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ⓘ surface form: 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 Museum of Natural History ⓘ surface form: Harvard Botanical Museum Harvard University ⓘ
commissionPurpose	to create accurate three-dimensional botanical teaching models ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Leopold Blaschka ⓘ Leopold Blaschka ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries
includes	flowers ⓘ fruits ⓘ leaves ⓘ plant anatomical details ⓘ seeds ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Harvard University ⓘ
mainSubject	botany ⓘ plants ⓘ
manufacturer	Leopold Blaschka ⓘ surface form: 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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Harvard Museum of Natural History → exhibit → Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ⓘ

Blaschka Glass Models of Plants → alsoKnownAs → Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants

Mary Lee Ware → patronOf → Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ⓘ

Elizabeth C. Ware → supportedCreationOf → Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ⓘ

Elizabeth C. Ware → supportedAcquisitionOf → Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ⓘ

Grant Museum of Zoology → hasNotableSpecimen → Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blaschka glass models