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16214 | Icicles on Moore's Garage from the Edwin Albert Lawler House |
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15332 | Vasculum |
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| A vasculum or a botanical box is a stiff container used by botanists to keep field samples viable for transportation. The main purpose of the valsculum is to transport plants without crushing them and by maintaining a cool, humid environment. Vascula are cylinders typically made from tinned and sometimes lacquered iron, though wooden examples are known. The box was carried horizontally on a strap so that plant specimens lie flat and lined with moistened cloth.[1] Traditionally, British and American vascula were somewhat flat and valise-like with a single room, while continental examples were more cylindrical and often longer, sometimes with two separate compartments.[2] Access to the interior is through one (sometimes two) large lids in the side, allowing plants to be put in and taken out without bending or distorting them unnecessarily. This is particularly important with wildflowers, which are often fragile. Some early 20th century specimen are made from sheet aluminium rather than tin, but otherwise follow the 19th century pattern. The exterior is usually left rough, or lacquered green. This item's second image is a painting by Hermann Kern Der Botaniker depicting the artist's view of a botanist with a vasculum. | Description: A vasculum or a botanical box is a stiff container used by botanists to keep field samples viable for transportation. The main purpose of the valsculum is to transport plants without crushing them and by maintaining a cool, humid environment. Vascula are cylinders typically made from tinned and sometimes lacquered iron, though wooden examples are known. The box was carried horizontally on a strap so that plant specimens lie flat and lined with moistened cloth.[1] Traditionally, British and American vascula were somewhat flat and valise-like with a single room, while continental examples were more cylindrical and often longer, sometimes with two separate compartments.[2] Access to the interior is through one (sometimes two) large lids in the side, allowing plants to be put in and taken out without bending or distorting them unnecessarily. This is particularly important with wildflowers, which are often fragile. Some early 20th century specimen are made from sheet aluminium rather than tin, but otherwise follow the 19th century pattern. The exterior is usually left rough, or lacquered green. This item's second image is a painting by Hermann Kern Der Botaniker depicting the artist's view of a botanist with a vasculum. [show more] | |||||
12786 | Botanical Specimen Boxes |
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7347 | Milk Bottle (Raw Milk) from Nelson Herrick's Farm, McKinley, Maine |
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9990 | The Douglas Coleman Family at TopGallant |
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| Left to right: Bev Coleman Tom Coleman David Coleman Doug Coleman | Description: Left to right: Bev Coleman Tom Coleman David Coleman Doug Coleman | |||
9991 | John Caston and the Flagpole Topped with Byron Lewis Robinson's Ship Model |
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| John Caston was visiting from Cleveland. The occasion of the flag raising is described in Anne's account "Making Woods a Garden" (SWHPL 353) and in Tom Coleman's handwritten book "The House that Anne Built" (SWHPL 9979). | Description: John Caston was visiting from Cleveland. The occasion of the flag raising is described in Anne's account "Making Woods a Garden" (SWHPL 353) and in Tom Coleman's handwritten book "The House that Anne Built" (SWHPL 9979). | |||
5976 | The Southwest Harbor Public Library Tea Cup & Saucer |
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11509 | Stove from the Arethusa III |
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10265 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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10266 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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10267 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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10256 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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10257 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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10258 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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10259 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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10260 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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10261 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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10262 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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10263 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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10264 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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