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 Articles and Books

Barnes, L., 2016, The conservation of a collection of Blashka glass models from the Natural History Museum, Dublin. In R. Miles, ed., Conservation activities in Ireland III and IV, Wordwell Ltd., Dublin, Ireland, pp. 69-72.

Bertini, M., E. Verveniotou, M. Lowe, and C.G. Miller, 2016, Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry investigation of late 19th Century Blaschka marine invertebrate glass models. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 6: 506-517.

Brazier, J., 2023, Trade connections: The acquisition of Blaschka marine invertebrate models in Australia and New Zealand. In Sea currents in nineteenth-century art, science and culture: Commodifying the ocean world, K. Davidson and M. Duggins, eds., Bloomsbury Visual Arts, London, UK, pp. 255-263.

Brill, E.R., and F. Huber, 2016, Sea creatures in glass. The Blaschka marine animals at Harvard. Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard Museums of Science and Culture, and Scala Arts Publishers, New York, 112 p.

Callaghan, H.J. Doyle, and E.G. Reynaud, 2014, The Blaschka collection at University College Dublin. Rebuilding its history. Journal of the History of Collections, 26: 63-71.

Callaghan, E., B. Egger, H. Doyle, and E.G. Reynaud, 2020, Taxonomic revision of Leopold and Rudolf Blaschkas’ Glass Models of Invertebrates 1888 catalogue, with correction of authorities. Journal of Natural Science Collections, 7: 34-43.

Doyle, H., E. Callaghan, and E.G. Reynaud, 2017, Blaschka invertebrate models in Irish institutions. Journal of the History of Collections, 29(3): 439-450.

Dyer, R., 2008, Learning through glass: The Blaschka marine models in North American post secondary education. Historical Biology, 20(1): 29-37.

Gambino, M., 2014, College students studied these mail-order sea creatures in the late 1800s. Smithsonian Magazine, 3 September 2014.

Hackethal, S., 2008, The Blaschka models of the Humboldt University of Berlin and their historical context. Historical Biology, 20(1): 19-28.

Harvell, D., 2016, A sea of glass. Searching for the Blaschka’s fragile legacy in an ocean at risk. University of California Press, Berkeley, 215 p.

Meechan, C., and H. Reiling, 2002, Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka and natural history in the 19th century. In Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, J. Peto and A. Hudson, eds., Design Museum, London, pp. 12-23.

Miller, C.G., and M. Lowe, 2008, The Natural History Museum Blaschka collections. Historical Biology, 20(1): 51-62.

Monaghan, N.T., J.D. Sigwart, and C.A. McGuinness, 2006, Blaschka glass models. National Museum of Ireland, Dublin.

Peto, J., and A. Hudson, eds., 2002, Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, Design Museum, London, 64 p.

Price, R.W., ed., 2007, Drawing upon nature: Studies for the Blaschkas’ glass models. Selected and introduced by Susan M. Rossi-Wilcox and David Whitehouse. Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 167 p.

Reiling, H., 1998, The Blaschkas’ glass animal models: Origins of design. Journal of Glass Studies, 40: 105-126.

Reiling, H., 2002, Glass models of soft bodied animals. The relation between Blaschka, Frič and the National Museum. Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series, 171 (1–4):131–175.

Robitzski, D., 2023, Glass menagerie, 1863-1936. The Scientist, 1 February 2023.

Rogers, H.S., 2022, Art, science, and the politics of knowledge. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 293 p.

Rossi-Wilcox, S.M., 2008, From reference specimens to verisimilitude: The Blaschka’s penchant for botanical accuracy. Historical Biology, 20(1): 11-18.

Rossi-Wilcox, S.M., H. Reiling, and P. Bisaga, 2003, The Blaschkas' lampworking tables. Journal of Glass Studies, 45: 167-176.

Ruggiero, A., and K.A. Larson, 2017, The Blaschka legacy in worldwide collections. Journal of Glass Studies, 59: 419-428.

Schultes, R.E., and W.A. Davis. 1982. The glass flowers at Harvard. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Shaw, M.D., J.Z. Szczepanski, S.F. Murray, S. Hodge, and C.J. Vink, 2017, Ideas made glass: Blaschka glass models at Canterbury Museum. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 31: 5-84.

Sigwart, J.D., 2008, Crystal creatures: Context for the Dublin Blaschka Congress. Historical Biology, 20(1): 1-10.

Swinney, G.N., 2008, Enchanted invertebrates: Blaschka models and other simulacra in National Museums Scotland. Historical Biology, 20(1): 39-50.

Van Leeuwen, T.A., 2008, Mezzanine art, or the stor(e)y between science and art. Historical Biology, 20(1): 63-75.

Ward, H.A., 1878, Catalogue of glass models of invertebrate animals. Ward’s Natural Science Establishment and E.R. Andrews Book and Job Printer, Rochester, NY.

Ward, H.A., 1888, Catalogue of glass models of invertebrate animals. Ward’s Natural Science Establishment and Judson J. Withal Book and Job Printer, Rochester, NY.

Warmus, W., 2001, The Blaschka marine invertebrates at Cornell University. Ocean Realm Magazine

Whitehouse, D., 2007, Models of invertebrate animals (1863-1890). In Price, R.W., ed., Drawing upon nature: Studies for the Blaschkas’ glass models. Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, pp. 7-19.

Websites and other resources

The Archives of Rudolf and Leopold Blaschka and the Ware Collection of Blaschka Models of Plants (HOLLIS for Archival Discovery, Harvard University)

Out of the Teeming Sea: Cornell Collection of Blaschka Invertebrate Models (Cornell University Library Digital Collections)

PRI's Historical Collection of Teaching Models (Maria Altier, PRI Blog)

Leibach, J. 2016. A tale of two glassworkers and their marine marvels. Science Friday, 13 May 2016.

The Blashka Marine Invertebrates 3D Models (ARC-3D--Peter Fried on Sketchfab)

Cornell University Blaschka collection