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Description: | This model of the sea anemone Sagartia elegans miniata was made by the Blaschkas, a family of highly skilled glassworkers. Several lots of models were bought for the Newcastle Museum between 1865 and 1870. Sagartia elegans is common on all the coasts of the British Isles. In the variety miniata the disc is patterned in various colours of brown, orange and white.
Material: glass
Material: resin
Material: metal, copper
Material: plaster | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.craft.40806 |
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