These 100-Year-Old Glass Flowers Are So Accurate, They Rival the Real Thing

Artsy on the Internet ^ | 20 jOctober 2017 | Abigail Cain

[SunkenCiv]

If memory serves, one of the shipments to Harvard went down with the ship, and the brothers had to reproduce the lost pieces.

[PrairieLady2]

Absolutely stunning!

[LongWayHome]

I don’t remember that, but it would make sense.

[Kommodor]

Now that is art. Amazing.

[GOPJ]

A model of the Blue Flag iris (model number 609) rests in a nearby case, a testament to the glassmakers’ burgeoning skill. Not only is it much larger, with several flowers, buds, and leaves, but its realism is uncanny. “They didn’t sanitize the models,” says Pfister. “So you see bud, you see full flower, and you see spent flowers.

Lots of us in flyover would love to have realistic glass flowers in our homes... something for the dining room table? Arrangements we don't throw away four days later?

[Yardstick]

Just plain amazing. Such skill!

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

Thanks for posting. We’ll be in Boston after July 4, staying in Cambridge. This looks interesting.

[Svartalfiar]

Do humans living today even possess this level of skill anymore?

Try these guys:
http://www.northmen.com/en/about-us/who-where-and-why