Maker: Unknown
Folding fan of doubled leafed paper. Painted with a copy of a late baroque painting, and two oval cartouches with putti. Carved sticks of mother-of-pearl, the guards also carved and backed with 'goldfish' pearl.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from the Friends of the Fitzwilliam
Width: 41.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th Century, Mid
1725
-
1775
Leaf
composed of
paper
Sticks, Guards
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Guards
Length 22.8 cm
Accession number: M.12-1985
Primary reference Number: 117598
Old catalogue number: DR 26/342
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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