Maker: Unknown
Brise fan of horn. Painted on the obverse with an eruption of Vesuvius, and on the reverse with a landscape. Gilt-metal painted cut steels, guards and original multi-ribbons.
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: 34.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century
Circa
1810
CE
-
1830
Decoration
composed of
steel
Guards
Length 18.0 cm
Accession number: M.68-1985
Primary reference Number: 117654
Old catalogue number: DR 5/76
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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