Brendel Horse-tail ( Equisetum Arvense) model, C 1880
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A Robert Brendel model of the Horse-tail (Equisetum) no 2 by Robert Brendel, C 1880. The label gives the follow text: Equisetum arvense L. XXIV fruct. / Horse-teail , spike frructifying / Schachtelhalm, fruchsstand / Equiseto, Fructo / Prele epi, fructifere /Equisetacea / vergr. 10fach. fach. The retailer was Merkelbach & Co in Amsterdam. 58 cm high.
Robert Brendel (1821-1898) started in the middle of the 19th century a factory for botanical flower shaped in Breslau, now Wroclaw in poland.