Actinia mesembryanthemum - Smooth sea anemone

Description

Actinia mesembryanthemum, smooth sea anemone, glass model, by Leopold Blaschka, Dresden, Germany, 1866

Museum reference

Z.1866.12.4

Collection

Natural Sciences

Scientific name(s)

species: Actinia mesembryanthemum - Smooth sea anemone

Specimen details

Specimen form: Model

Production information

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

Date

1866

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

On display

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