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Anthea cereus (Ellis) - Snakelocks sea anemone

Description

Anthea cereus (Ellis), snakelocks sea anemone, glass model, by Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka, Dresden, Germany, 1863 - 1890

Museum reference

Z.1910.14.66

Collection

Natural Sciences

Scientific name(s)

species: Anthea cereus (Ellis) - Snakelocks sea anemone

Specimen details

Specimen form: Model

Production information

Blaschka, Leopold, 1822 - 1895, Modelmaker
Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Western Europe
Blaschka, Rudolf, 1857 - 1939, Modelmaker
Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Western Europe

Date

1863 - 1890

Materials

Glass

Exhibitions

  • Window on the World (29 Jul 2011)
    National Museum of Scotland

  • Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
    National Museum of Scotland

References

Gosse, Philip Henry, A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals, Van Voorst, Paternoster Row, London, 1860

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