Maker: Unknown
Sticks of cut and pierced ivory, painted in polychrome and decorated with feathers and painted applications. Guards cut, pierced and carved ivory (25+2). Ribbon of white silk; rivet set with clear circular, cut pastes. Front: below the ribbon, the fan is decorated in nine rows of different pierced patterns, bordered by rows of dots. The painted area above the ribbon has a bird sitting on sprays of roses in the centre, bordered by alternating butterflies and birds amid sprays of flowers. Back: undecorated. Guards: Both guards have similar pierced decoration with a snowflake motif near the top.
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: 30.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century, Early#
Circa
1820
-
Circa
1830
Made in China but decorated in the Netherlands
Rivet
composed of
pastes
( clear)
Sticks
composed of
bodycolour
( probably)
feathers
applied decoration
Ribbon
composed of
silk
( white)
Sticks+guards
composed of
ivory
Guards
Length 17.1 cm
Inscription present: rectangular paper
Accession number: M.111-1985
Primary reference Number: 117696
Old catalogue number: DR 3/41 on fan
Old catalogue number: DR 12/195
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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