Topic: Blaschka , Leopold & Rudolf , lampwork sea Anemones described on BBC Radio 4...

[Baked_Beans]

This was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 , 06/10/15  and talks about Blaschka lampworked sea anemones c1866 . The glass bit starts at 18 minutes into the program.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05w9dxn


 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_and_Rudolf_Blaschka

Cheers, Mike

[flyboy]

There used to be a huge collection in the Hancock Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne, don't know if they are still there as I haven't visited for years.The largest I think is The Ware collection in Harvard 4,000 items!!
I love them! so stunning in detail.

[Ivo]

And the amazing museum of natural history in Dublin. Not sure if they are on display, last time I visited the museum it was being renovated.

[Baked_Beans]

Thanks Guys,

If i'm in the area (s) I will check them out  ....any idea of the current auction value of a Blaschka anemone ?....or are they all in museums by now     .....Cheers, Mike

[Baked_Beans]

There is a stunning octopus here if you scroll down about halfway .............

https://edmundsiderius.wordpress.com/category/wissenschaft/politics/germany/page/2/

I'm totally flabbergasted   

 

[Lustrousstone]

To save the scrolling https://edmundsiderius.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/glass-life/
I think I gave Sue a book on this stuff

[rosieposie]

These should keep you happy for a while Mike.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Blaschka+House&biw=1258&bih=767&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMI08aEwbi1yAIVR7wUCh2SiAjc#tbm=isch&q=blaschka+glass+models+

[Baked_Beans]

Thanks Rosie,

Gobsmacked !

There is more info. here , even a very tenuous link to a Powell centerpiece  ...........

http://www.cmog.org/article/blaschkas-glass-models-invertebrate-animals-1863-1890

Some Leopold drawings also.......

http://www.cmog.org/research/library-search/Blaschka%20archive

[pamela]

Blaschka at Hamiltons Gallery - would certainly love to see...
Thought it might be of interest to some of you here 

[chopin-liszt]

You did indeed give me the book of the plates of the glass flowers in the Ware collection. I grabbed hold of it as soon as I read this thread!
It's the copy once owned by Helen Munroe-Turner, with her name and 1946 written inside.
No sea anenomes or octopussies. Just flowers and bees, flies, moths and butterflies.