Accession No

5376

Brief Description

botanical teaching model of Prunus cerasus, by Robert Brendel, German, 19th Century

Origin

Germany; Berlin

Maker

Brendel, Robert

Class

biology; demonstration

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1890

Inscription Date

Material

wood; feather; card (card, cardboard); metal; cloth

Dimensions

height 380mm; diameter of base 100mm

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 label
Robert Brendel
No. 15
L:
Prunus
Cerasus
Cerisier. Kirsche.
Amygdaleae.
Berlin W******* endamm.

Description Notes

Botanical teaching model of Prunus cerasus by German maker Robert Brendel, circa 1880. Made of wood and papier mâche.

Circular wooden base with turned column to hold the plant stem in place. On the base is a label possibly was blue or green in colour. The makers details and the Latin classification for the plant is in typewritten black ink. Of the Robert Brendel series this was ‘No. 15’. A newer handwritten label white with a blue border obscures the address of the maker Brendel.

The stem of the plant is of wood. The teaching model is of a vertical cross section of Prunus cerasus using cloth, feathers and papier mâche to represent the anther, stamens etc.

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