Snail Shell with Glass Rod

Object Name: 
Snail Shell with Glass Rod

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Object Name: 
Snail Shell with Glass Rod
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
93.3.287
Dimensions: 
Max Dim: 3.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Primary Description: 
Snail Shell with Glass Rod. Shell, glass, resin; flameworked, assembled. Colorless glass rod fixed inside real shell with resin.
Provenance: 
Pones, Gertrude (German), Former Collection
Botanical Museum of Harvard University, Source
1993
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