1592999720000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-117600 1747246363816 1714400240000 1747245849270 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-117600 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117600 d6be4706-8b66-3583-af1e-d2f9469ad240 7 reference agent-172857 adlib-agent-172857 a14cf9de-dd26-3013-a9b8-9dc60ae6ebf6 Messel, Leonard reference agent-172856 adlib-agent-172856 71f39a0b-c347-3d6b-9888-73f17b5c827f Countess of Rosse, Anne reference term-109696 adlib-term-109696 e6dde16e-97a0-3438-855e-c9c6d5660622 fans reference term-119657 adlib-term-119657 474b5499-0c66-3055-bf46-3abe0955889e Messel-Rosse Collection polychrome reference term-106211 adlib-term-106211 a643b236-c3c1-3854-ba79-8c4da8aa6dfc watercolour polychrome reference term-106241 adlib-term-106241 ad99470e-9e8a-379d-8a5c-f2ab49864f4b bodycolour reference term-106206 adlib-term-106206 da969d02-66a2-3e51-8dde-d1d8613f2ff6 paper Leaf Folding fan, double paper leaf, painted in polychrome watercolour and bodycolour. Sticks pierced, carved and painted ivory; guards carved and painted ivory inlaid with tortoiseshell and mother of pearl (20+2); rivet set with clear pastes reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting reference term-31734 adlib-term-31734 32f0e347-7ed1-33e5-b730-65f124f9d959 tortoise shell reference term-32923 adlib-term-32923 80451834-13fc-3c48-9d3a-2ecb13f8d1b2 mother-of-pearl Length cm 29.1 Guards reference term-27645 adlib-term-27645 c489df47-4067-3e45-80d3-a0c71cedaaf8 inlay (process) reference term-98865 adlib-term-98865 aeb90103-2708-3cdf-abc1-219c45a070e9 carving reference term-40149 adlib-term-40149 89c91a11-c946-3355-a7f0-e9d757f7a1d5 ivory Sticks+guards Rivet reference term-119748 adlib-term-119748 6ce7aed3-2c44-35e3-b550-eff463b5cb18 setting (jewellery) Sticks reference term-26483 adlib-term-26483 c5756b64-2720-3558-9d90-98bd4a27592f piercing Applied Arts Folding fan, double paper leaf, painted in polychrome watercolour and body colour. Sticks pierced, carved and painted ivory; guards carved and painted ivory inlaid with tortoiseshell and mother of pearl (20+2); rivet set with clear pastes. Front: three theatrical scenes. Folding fan, double paper leaf, painted in polychrome watercolour and body colour. Sticks pierced, carved and painted ivory; guards carved and painted ivory inlaid with tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl (20+2); rivet set with clear pastes. Indistinct inscription in the bottom left corner on the reverse. Front: three theatrical scenes. In the centre, Mars is kneeling with a shield and Venus holding a helmet; on the left; perhaps Venus with a mirror, leaning her arms on a plinth with a sphinx; beside her a tambourine on an open book of music; on the right, two women are sitting and leaning back towards the other on the right who is stepping onto a footstool; in the background, two columns on a podium behind Mars, and a vase on a pedestal. Top left and right borders are of a colourful and striped foliage with grapes, and a small curtain and tassels in the top right half; the top and lower edging are of a gold foile, the right and left edges have a gold line. Back: in the middle, a couple in contemporary dress and a man watching them from behind a tree. A big tree in the background, small trees on the left. Top border of gold striped swags of drapery in puce and blue; bottom left border painted with a gold line. Sticks: in the centre, between wavy lines, animals including two hounds and a deer; buildings right and left. On top, squirrels, birds and putti in scrolling foliage; underneath, pairs of sheep, leaves and blossoms. Parts of the sticks are shaped to produce a pattern when open. The reverse shows the same scene in reversed order with fewer colours used and without carved parts. Guards: both guards are decorated in the same way: shoulder of tortoiseshell inlaid with three diagonal stripes, the top and bottom ones are ivory, the middle one is mother of pear; the right and left border are also mother-of-pearl. Guard proper: Outer border mother-of-pearl, inner border tortoiseshell, inner part of carved and painted ivory; wavy, scrolling ornament with pairs of animals, a house, a bird and a shell on top. M.14-1985 1 accession number M.14-1985 117600 priref 117600 1985 1985 1985 The Messel-Rosse Collection old catalogue number DR 23/305 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117600 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117600 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from the Friends of the Fitzwilliam reference agent-172856 adlib-agent-172856 71f39a0b-c347-3d6b-9888-73f17b5c827f Countess of Rosse, Anne 1985 1985 1985-01-28 bought Entry date: 1985-01-28 1740 1740 circa 1740 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown reference term-121036 adlib-term-121036 d94c6987-b658-37d7-a4c1-f5da804d2e40 18th Century, second quarter reference term-106629 adlib-term-106629 e1fb1a11-426b-3006-bf59-4126d48e87ca literal Italy Italy country Italy Width cm 45 reference term-110712 adlib-term-110712 62af496a-308b-35b5-9f83-c7a0f36fba19 folding fan history note Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992) reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum

reference term-110712 adlib-term-110712 62af496a-308b-35b5-9f83-c7a0f36fba19 folding fan

folding fan object OBJECT