Accession No

5382

Brief Description

botanical model of a flower labelled 12

Origin

Maker

Class

natural history; demonstration

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1890

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal; plaster

Dimensions

height 535mm; width 280mm; depth 180mm

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

Description Notes

A half flower made in metal sheet painted yellow and white, with the proto seeds filled in in plaster. Mounted by means of a black painted rod on a turned wood stand. The bolt in the base of the stand protrudes too far and the whole tilts.

Complete.

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