Scientific name: Aesculus hippocastanum
Environment located in : Throughout the UK
sculpture scale: 1:1
sculpture size:TBC
Suitable for outdoor display: Yes
materials used: Hight fired ceramics and matt glazes/matt finish nuts are non removable and gloss
The common name "horse-chestnut" is reported as having originated from the erroneous belief that the tree was a kind of chestnut (though in fact only distantly related), together with the observation that eating the fruit cured horses of chest complaints, despite this plant being poisonous to horses!

















