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Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka

Český Dub in Northern Bohemia 1822 – 1895 Dresden / – 1857 Dresden – 1939 Dresden

Model of a Serpulidae worm (Serpula contor-tuplicata). Circa 1900

Glass; in a display case. 6 cm; Ø 9,5 cm / box: 7,5 × 18 × 18 cm (2 ⅜ in.; Ø 3 ¾ in. / box: 3 × 7 ⅛ × 7 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka. Model of a Serpulidae worm (Serpula contor-tuplicata). Circa 1900.

Estimate:

EUR 3,000

 

- 5,000

USD 3,370

 

- 5,620

Sold for:

11,875 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 247-254

Orangerie Selected Objects, Thursday, 26.11.2015

Information

Glass; in a display case. 6 cm; Ø 9,5 cm / box: 7,5 × 18 × 18 cm (2 ⅜ in.; Ø 3 ¾ in. / box: 3 × 7 ⅛ × 7 ⅛ in.). Label in the interior: Blaschka’s Modelle / Dresden. / Serpula contortuplicata. / L. No. 343.

Related literature: Heidi and Hans-Jürgen Koch: Blaschka – Gläserne Geschöpfe des Meeres, Munich 2007 (ill. on p. 30) / Klasse, Ordnung, Art – 200 Jahre Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, ed. Ferdinand Damaschun, Sabine Hackethal etc., Rangsdorf 2010 / Glas in Wissenschaft und Kunst, exhibition guide, Berlin 2012 (ill. p. 9) / Kathrin Grotz (ed.): modellSCHAU/modelSHOW – Perspektiven auf botanische Modelle/ Perspectives on botanical models, Berlin 2015, ill. p. 144.

Private collection, Saxony