Cockade fan: M.51-1985

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Cockade fan

Categories

Fans

Description

Cockade fan, Blonde horn, sticks and guards with trefoil ends, pierced and painted in bodycolour (26+2). Blue silk ribbon threaded through. Silver quizzing glass set in the central pivot. Front: when open the fan has a scalloped edge. The pierced design radiates from the centre in bands of scallops, interrupted by swags of polychrome flowers and foliage. Back; the floral swags are painted in blue, white and green. Handles/guards: pierced by two wheel motifs, a bow and stylized leaf sprays.

Notes

History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)

Legal notes

Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from the Friends of the Fitzwilliam

Measurements and weight

Width: 18.0 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne

Dating

18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
Circa 1790 CE - Circa 1810 CE

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Sticks+guards composed of horn ( Blonde) bodycolour trefoils
Ribbon composed of silk ( blue)
Guards Length 16.3 cm
Pivot

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.51-1985
Primary reference Number: 117637
Old catalogue number: DR 5/71
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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