Priceless Blaschka models on display | Natural History Museum
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- čas přidán 28. 11. 2012
- The delicate glass artworks of sea creatures crafted by father-and-son team Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka were made between 1866 to 1889. Find out how Museum staff prepared them to go on display in the new Treasure gallery.
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amazing - how did they provide such intricate detail in glass - obviously they were brilliant scientists and artists
How incomparable. How beautiful.
Hurray for the museum!
Amazing videos ... I visited the glass flowers at Harvard some years back before they were cleaned and restored ... the exhibition was fascinating though cramped and poorly lit ... I cannot wait to visit the glass flowers again.
Astonishing
stunning
In the thumbnail, I thought I saw an owl with black tentacles coming out.
How many places have Blaschka works?
Harvard’s Ware Collection of glass flowers has the largest number,
New York’s Museum of Natural History has some,
Corning Museum of Glass has a few also.
A search of the internet reveals a small number of pieces privately sold at auction.
Are there other places with any more?
There are 2 in the Treasures Room in the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London UK. I only read about the Ware Glass Collection from a book called Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. The book was good, the collection is just out of this world. I haven't been to America for years but the glass flower collection is definitely worth a visit.
I saw the glass flowers at Harvard University when I was 10.(1959) I did not see any of these Sea animals.
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Hi NHM, thanks for this upload. I went to your museum, a week or two back and was a bit miffed to see only a few of these on display.
Any chance you can display more, in the near future?