Gallery Title
Gallery Title
Glass model: family Octopoda
Accession Number NWHCM : 1931.159.13
Description
One of a collection of glass models of sea creatures made by Rudolf and Leopold Blaschka during the late 19th or early 20th century. Octopus (Eledone cirrhosa)
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During the late 19th and 20th centuries, master glass artists Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka produced beautifully detailed glass models of plants and sea life for natural history museums all over the world.
Artist
Blaschka, Rudolf
Creation Date
1860-1938
Department
Natural History-Zoology : Norwich Castle Museum