IDENTIFIERS
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id:	117673
accession number:	M.87-1985

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 8 December 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Ivory sticks pierced with fishscale design above the shoulder and painted in water-colours and silver. Carved ivory guards.  (24+2)  Red silk stringing.  Iron/steel rivet
Front:  Reserved in a pierced fishscale ground is an asymmetrical design of two birds perching on a prunus branch with flying birds on each side. Above the stringing there is a border of silver and green Chinese cloud scroll, and below the pierced area, the same in blue.  The area below the shoulder is painted with flowers and foliage.
Reverse:  The same design reversed.
Guards:  A floral spray is carved out of the surface and at the top a cloud scroll.
title:	brisé fan

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953);  Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Messel-Rosse Collection
creditline: Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117673

PEOPLE
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Messel, Leonard
Countess of Rosse, Anne




CATEGORIES
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category: fans

DATING
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creation date:	1680 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1680
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	17th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown


EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Fashion and Fancy Dress. The Messel Family Dress Collection 1865-2005
CITATIONS
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Fans from the Fitzwilliam. A Selection from the Messel-Rosse Collection
The Martin Willcocks Collection of Fans
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