Maker: Unknown
Brisé fan; horn sticks and guards (16+2), pierced and painted in blue, green, rose-pink and red gouache. Treaded with pale brown silk ribbon. Brass rivet with mother-of-pearl washers. The sticks and guards have pointed arched ends and are pierced by stylized foliage and foliate curved lines. The area below the ribbon is painted with a row of swags of flowers and foliage.
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 Museum
Width: 20.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century, Early#
Circa
1800
CE
-
Circa
1820
CE
Sticks+guards
composed of
gouache
( blue, green, rose-pink and red)
horn
Ribbon
composed of
silk
( pale brown)
Guards
Length 10.7 cm
Accession number: M.60-1985
Primary reference Number: 117646
Old catalogue number: DR 4/44
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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