Hyacinth Flower Model

Object Name: 
Hyacinth Flower Model

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Object Name: 
Hyacinth Flower Model
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Germany, Dresden
Accession Number: 
81.3.72 A
Dimensions: 
H (A): 21.2 cm, (B): 22 cm, (C): 22.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1860-1865
Primary Description: 
Translucent blue-purple and white non-lead glasses; lampworked. Tall "stem" of brass sheet, wound to form a tube; green painted wood stick inserted in one end, holding blue and white striped multi-petaled flowers and buds wired to the stick; the other end of the tube cemented to a thin glass dome, filled with plaster on the underside; the remains of ribbed green leaves cemented to the base of the stem.

More Info

Department: 
Science and Technology; Modern
Provenance: 
Albrecht, Renate, Source
Pones, Gertrude (German), Former Collection
Category: 
19th Century European

Objects in Set (3)

3 Hyacinth Models
Artist:Blaschka, Leopold
Date:about 1860-1865
Accession Number:81.3.72
Hyacinth Flower Model
Artist:Blaschka, Rudolf
Date:about 1860-1865
Accession Number:81.3.72 B
 
Hyacinth Flower Model
Artist:Blaschka, Rudolf
Date:about 1860-1865
Accession Number:81.3.72 C