Lot No. 207 +


Eight anatomical wax Brain Models after Robert Wiedersheim (1848–1923), made by Adolf Ziegler (1820–1889)


Eight anatomical wax Brain Models after Robert Wiedersheim (1848–1923), made by Adolf Ziegler (1820–1889) - Antique Scientific Instruments and Globes

in Freiburg i. Br., Germany. Vertebrate brains of Ammocoetes, Syllium canicula, Salmo fario, Rana esculenta, Alligator mississippiensis, Columba domestica, Lepus cuniculus, and Canis familiaris, on two rectangular wood bases with maker’s labels and description labels; small damages and upper part of No. 5 Alligator missing. Size c. 42 x 14,5 cm, c. 35 cm high. (WU).

Lit.:
Nick Hopwood, Embryos in wax, Models from the Ziegler studio, Whipple Museum Cambridge 2002, page 2 and 128.

Specialist: Simon Weber-Unger Simon Weber-Unger
+43-1-515 60-269

simon.weber@dorotheum.at

18.05.2015 - 15:30

Realized price: **
EUR 4,060.-
Estimate:
EUR 2,000.- to EUR 3,000.-

Eight anatomical wax Brain Models after Robert Wiedersheim (1848–1923), made by Adolf Ziegler (1820–1889)


in Freiburg i. Br., Germany. Vertebrate brains of Ammocoetes, Syllium canicula, Salmo fario, Rana esculenta, Alligator mississippiensis, Columba domestica, Lepus cuniculus, and Canis familiaris, on two rectangular wood bases with maker’s labels and description labels; small damages and upper part of No. 5 Alligator missing. Size c. 42 x 14,5 cm, c. 35 cm high. (WU).

Lit.:
Nick Hopwood, Embryos in wax, Models from the Ziegler studio, Whipple Museum Cambridge 2002, page 2 and 128.

Specialist: Simon Weber-Unger Simon Weber-Unger
+43-1-515 60-269

simon.weber@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Antique Scientific Instruments and Globes
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 18.05.2015 - 15:30
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 12.05. - 18.05.2015


** Purchase price incl. charges and taxes(Country of delivery: Austria)

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