Accession No

5372

Brief Description

botanical teaching model of dog-rose plant, in wood and papier mâche, by Hagenbeek Wageningen (or Brendel of Berlin - see notes), Dutch or German, 1880 (c)

Origin

Netherlands; / 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); hair; metal

Dimensions

height 442mm; diameter of base 155mm

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. 34
Rosa
canina. L. XII. 3. Flos.

Dog’s-Rose, Hundsrose.
Blüthe.
Rosa di siepe. Rosier
Rosaceae.
Vergr. 9 fach

Description Notes

botanical teaching model 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. The base is turned with a two turned wooden columns to support a flower and a vertical cross section of the flower/ seed pod (?). The stems are of wood and half way up the flower stem is a paper label with the number “34” in black handwritten ink.

Neither of the model parts can be disassembled.

condition good.

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