Maker: Unknown
Sticks of cut, pierced, carved and gilt ivory; guards of pierced and gilt ivory, backed with foil and with profiled gold foil. Ribbon of white kid leather. Rivet of steel, washer of steel. Front: there are three gold bordered cartouches with backgrounds of striations, the middle one of which has a fan leaf segment shape showing a couple with a basket of flowers surrounded by trees and arches with classical columns; there is a bird with open wings on the left and two kissing doves on the right on a pedestal. The flanking lobed cartouches are decorated in the same way, enclosing a dog sitting on a pedestal under three swags and between sprays of leaves. The ribbon zone is decorated with gold rectangles with zigzag lines. On the bottom of each stick there is a leaf and on top there is a gold-bordered semicircle with a half flower. In the background there are two flaming hearts and an arrow between sprays of leaves. Back: undecorated. Guards: both guards are decorated in the same way with a slightly scrolling spray of leaves on top. The whole ornament is bordered by a gold frame.
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: 24.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century, Early#
Circa
1810
-
Circa
1820
Guards
composed of
foil
( backing)
Length 13.8 cm
Ribbon
composed of
kid leather
( white)
Sticks, Guards
composed of
gilt
ivory
Rivet, Washer
composed of
steel
Inscription present: circular white paper label printed in red with text round the edge between two concentric circles, surrounding the number hand-written in black
Accession number: M.131-1985
Primary reference Number: 117716
Old catalogue number: DR 12/193
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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