Glass sea creatures
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The glass sea creatures are works of glass artists Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka. The artistic predecessors of the Glass Flowers, the sea creatures were the output of the Blaschkas' successful mail-orde
A sample of the Blaschka invertebrate models
Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach
Blaschka model of sea anemones
Blaschka model of jellyfish
Mary Lee Ware
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Mary Lee Ware, daughter of Elizabeth Cabot Ware and Charles Eliot Ware, was born to a wealthy Bostonian family and, with her mother, was the principal sponsor of the Harvard Museum of Natural History'
Glass sea creatures
…Goodale that Blaschka glass art was a more than worthy educational investment. Thus, with the generous sponsorship of Elizabeth C. Ware and her daughter Mary, the initial contract was signed and dictated that the Blaschkas need only work half-time on the models, thus allowing them to continue their production…
Mary Lee Ware by farm gate
Professor George Lincoln Goodale
The plaque in the Harvard Museum of Natural History's Glass Flowers exhibit, formally dedicating it to Dr. Charles Eliot Ware.
Glass Flowers gift-bouquet