THE WARE COLLECTION OF BLASCHKA GLASS MODELS OF PLANTS, HARVARD UNIVERSITY HERBARIA ... he was able to re-create this flowering Pride of Barbados, or peacock flower (Caesalpinia pulcherrima). MUSEUM ...

Leopold Blaschka, founder of the remarkable process ... of jellyfish and conceived the idea of modelling flowers in glass. The same year he hurried to Germany to present his plans to Leopold ...

He heard of the work of Leopold Blaschka, Rudolph's father ... Attracted chiefly by the glass flowers, more than 200,000 visitors a year inspect the displays in the museum. Want to keep up ...

Flowers pressed flat grew ... scientifically accurate glass sculptures of plants and sea creatures used for both display and scientific study that were made by father-and-son duo Leopold and Rudolf ...

The Blaschka glass models are one example. Tiny, delicate and beautiful, they capture the ethereal mystery of the deep sea. More than 10,000 were created by father-and-son team Leopold and Rudolf ...