Word: blaschkas
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Leopold Blaschka, whose handiwork that orchid is, was a glassblower, highly skilled in contriving the intricate models then as now used in teaching the sciences. His particular field was marine invertebrates, but as a pastime he made flowers with which to decorate his home. Persuaded by Harvard University he turned his full attention to glass flowers, and produced that unique collection which is now in the University Museum...
Museums of Comparative Zoology and Botany, and the Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants and Flowers, week-days, except Christmas and Fourth of July, from 9 o'clock to 4.30 o'clock; Sundays, from 1 o'clock to 4.30 o'clock...