Blaschka Glass Models of Plants

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botanical model collection glass model collection museum collection

The Blaschka Glass Models of Plants are an extraordinary collection of scientifically accurate, hand-crafted glass botanical sculptures created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Blaschka Glass Models of Plants canonical	4
Blaschka glass models	1
Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T26596 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Blaschka Glass Models of Plants
Context triple: [Harvard Museum of Natural History, exhibit, Blaschka Glass Models of Plants]

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NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Blaschka Glass Models of Plants
Target entity description: The Blaschka Glass Models of Plants are an extraordinary collection of scientifically accurate, hand-crafted glass botanical sculptures created in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka.

A. On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects
On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects is a scientific work by Charles Darwin that details how orchid structures and insect behavior coevolved to achieve effective pollination, providing key evidence for his theory of natural selection.
B. The Power of Movement in Plants
The Power of Movement in Plants is a scientific book by Charles Darwin that investigates how plants move and respond to environmental stimuli, helping to establish modern plant physiology.
C. Cloud Gate
Cloud Gate is a famous stainless-steel public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor, known for its reflective, bean-like shape and prominence in Chicago’s Millennium Park.
D. International Rose Test Garden
The International Rose Test Garden is a renowned public garden in Portland featuring hundreds of rose varieties that are cultivated and evaluated for their beauty, fragrance, and performance.
E. Fiat Lux
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F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	botanical model collection ⓘ glass model collection ⓘ museum collection ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Harvard Glass Flowers ⓘ linked to: Glass Flowers Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ⓘ linked to: Blaschka Glass Models of Plants
associatedWith	botanist George Lincoln Goodale ⓘ
city	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
collectionSize	about 4300 models ⓘ over 4000 models ⓘ
commissionedBy	Harvard Botanical Museum ⓘ linked to: Harvard Museum of Natural History Harvard University ⓘ
commissionPurpose	to create accurate three-dimensional botanical teaching models ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creator	Leopold Blaschka ⓘ Rudolf Blaschka ⓘ linked to: Leopold Blaschka
endTime	1936 ⓘ
fundedBy	Elizabeth C. Ware ⓘ Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz ⓘ Mary Lee Ware ⓘ
genre	art glass ⓘ botanical illustration ⓘ scientific model ⓘ
heritageStatus	culturally significant collection ⓘ
housedAt	Harvard Museum of Natural History ⓘ Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries ⓘ linked to: Harvard University Herbaria
includes	flowers ⓘ fruits ⓘ leaves ⓘ plant anatomical details ⓘ seeds ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Harvard University ⓘ
mainSubject	botany ⓘ plants ⓘ
manufacturer	Blaschka family ⓘ linked to: Leopold Blaschka
material	glass ⓘ
notableFor	handcrafted glass techniques ⓘ lifelike detail ⓘ scientific accuracy ⓘ
partOf	Harvard Museum of Natural History permanent collection ⓘ
productionPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
startTime	1886 ⓘ
technique	flameworked glass ⓘ lampworking ⓘ
use	botanical teaching ⓘ museum exhibition ⓘ scientific research ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harvard Museum of Natural History → exhibit → Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ⓘ

Blaschka Glass Models of Plants → alsoKnownAs → Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ⓘ

linked to: Blaschka Glass Models of Plants

Mary Lee Ware → patronOf → Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ⓘ

Elizabeth C. Ware → supportedCreationOf → Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ⓘ

Elizabeth C. Ware → supportedAcquisitionOf → Blaschka Glass Models of Plants ⓘ

Grant Museum of Zoology → hasNotableSpecimen → Blaschka glass models ⓘ