Accession No

5365

Brief Description

botanical teaching model of a dandelion (Taraxacum), by Hagenbeek Wageningen (or Brendel of Berlin - see notes), 19th Century

Origin

Germany; Berlin [based on attributed maker]

Maker

Hagenbeek Wageningen Brendel of Berlin [attributed]

Class

biology; demonstration

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1890

Inscription Date

Material

wood; paper (card, cardboard); plaster; bristle

Dimensions

height 490mm; diameter of base 134mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Trevor Philip & Sons, 75a Jermyn Street, St James, London, England on 02/02/1999. 22 Botanical models were purchased as one lot. Purchased with grant aid from PRISM fund administered by the Science Museum.

Inscription

on the blue label
No. 119
Taraxacum
vulgare. Schrk. XIX. 1.
Dandelion, Löwenzahn.
Blüthenstan.
u. Einzelblüthen

Dente di cane Pisenlit
o radi chiella. dent de lion
Compositae
Vergr. 8-16fach.

Description Notes

botanical teaching model of a dandelion (Taraxacum) made of wood and papier mâche by Hagenbeek Wageningen (or Brendel of Berlin) from the 19th century.

Wooden base painted black. In the centre of the base is a blue label with Latin classifications, English, French, German and Italian translations. Below the blue label is a small metal plate fastened in to the wooden base with two nails. On the plate in capital letters is “HAGENBEEK / WAGENINGEN”. The base is turned with three turned wooden columns to support the plant, leaves and flowers. The support rods are of painted wood and lead up to the plant, halfway up this rod is a paper label with the number “119” in black handwritten ink (on two, the third has no number distinguishable but the paper label remains).

On one rod there is a singular petal with stamen etc, another has the seed after pollination, the third rod has a cross section of the flower head once seed dispersal has occurred.

Condition good.

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