Accession No

5373

Brief Description

botanical teaching model of Pirus, by R. Brendel & Company, Germany, 19th Century

Origin

Germany; Berlin [based on attributed maker]

Maker

R. Brendel & Company [attributed] Hagenbeek Wageningen [supplier]

Class

biology; demonstration

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1890

Inscription Date

Material

hair; paper; wood

Dimensions

height 485mm; diameter of base 122mm

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. 33
Pirus
Malus. L. XII. flos.

Appole-tree, Apfel.
flower Blüthe.
Melo. Pommie
flore. fleur

Description Notes

botanical teaching model of Pirus 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. Written on to this is the number ‘368’, probably in felt tip pen. Below the blue label is the sticky residue of what was probably a white label with blue border. The base is turned with a turned wooden column to support a flower that can be disassembled into two parts. The stem is of wood with a hole at the top for the two parts of the flower to slot into. As with the other Hagenbeek Wageningen models a paper label on the stem was there but in now missing, sticky glue residue remains. The flowers are painted white with pink centres.

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