Images Dated 21st December 2018

Wardian case with ferns 1857

Fern case in the shape of a small aviary with canaries. Scale of the design is three feet long, the space reserved for plants extending 10 inches on either side of the cage or aviary which is 16 inches wide. The height to the commencement of the sloping roof is 18inches; and the height to the point where the sloping glass roof meets the wre-work of the cage 9 inches more making the total height 27 inches the wire-work rising about 6 inches above. Date: 1857

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