Under the mistletoe

A less than romantic vision of mistletoe! A very Merry Christmas to one and all.


This model of a mistletoe flower was made by the Brendel and Co.  Robert Brendel (c. 1821–1898) and his son Reinhold Brendel (c. 1861–1927) were botanical model-makers working first in Breslau and then in Grunewald Berlin.They produced beautiful and accurate models of enlarged flowers made of papier mâché, but with other materials added to give detail and texture: wood, cotton, rattan, pulp cane, glass beads, feathers and gelatine. Reinhold was decorated with the Prussian silver state medal in appreciation of his business activities.