Accession No

6465

Brief Description

wax model of Gallus (chicken) embryo, no. 14 of 23, by Adolf Ziegler, German, c. 1868

Origin

Germany; Freiburg im Breisgau

Maker

Ziegler, Adolf

Class

biology; demonstration

Earliest Date

1868

Latest Date

1914

Inscription Date

Material

wax; wood; paper; metal; cloth (felt)

Dimensions

box: width 238mm; height 42mm; length 142mm

Special Collection

Ziegler collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Museum of Zoology, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, 08/09/2009. Purchased by the Department of Zoology from Ziegler of Freiburg in Breisgau, c. 1882-1890.

Inscription

‘14’ (on label in box)
‘Brains.’ (loose piece of paper in box)

Description Notes

Wax model of Gallus (chicken) embryo brain, German, Adolf Ziegler, c. 1868.

Development of the chick (Gallus ), no. 14.
Wax model of Gallus embryo brain. Number 14 of a series of 23 models showing the development of the chick embryo. Numbers 14-23 may not originally have been in the same set as numbers 1-13. Depicts His stage 5, age 2 days.
The model is in a box with number 15, 16 and 17 of the set. Cardboard box, lined with cloth. Paper label in the box.
Scale: 40 x linear magnification.
Originals modelled by His.Wilhelm in collaboration with Ziegler.Adolf.

Condition: fair (broken in two); complete.

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