Accession No

5383

Brief Description

botanical teaching model of an iris flower, probably late 19th Century

Origin

Maker

Class

natural history; demonstration

Earliest Date

1870

Latest Date

1890

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal; cloth; plaster

Dimensions

height 450mm; width 240mm; depth 19mm

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

Unlabelled botanical teaching model of an iris flower, in wood and plaster, probably late 19th century.

A turned wooden base has bolted to its middle a hollow metal rod which develops into one side of the base and petals of an iris flower, the petals are formed of metal sheets, painted purple with cloth glued down the middle of the lower petals. The developing seeds are visible lower down moulded out of plaster within a metal support. Complete.

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