Glass Model Invertebrate: Salpa pinnata

Maker
Leopold Blaschka
Rudolf Blaschka
Description
Three glass models of salps made by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka between 1863 and 1882. One clear model shows a colony and the other two are magnified individual zooids with clear bodies and a blue line in the centre. Original label. Mounted on white Perspex base.
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Model maker/Maker
Model maker/Maker
Measurements
Dimensions (LxWxH): whole: 109 x 142 x 33mm
Dimensions (LxWxH): 1 - Colony: 38 x 39 x 30mm
Dimensions (LxWxH): 2 - Close-up of zooid: 70 x 25 x 23mm
Dimensions (LxWxH): 3 - Close-up of zooid: 62 x 30 x 23mm
Named collection
Current rights code
Other Id
137/1884
627
EQRC10470
Accession number
1884.137.47

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