Maker: Unknown
Folding fan of silk, double leaf. Decorated with three coloured mezzotints and other painted motifs, and embroidered with sequins.
Sticks of pierced, painted, and gilded ivory. Guards of gilded and carved ivory, backed with steel. Paste rivet.
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
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th Century, Late
George III
Circa
1780
-
Circa
1800
Guards
composed of
steel
( backing)
Length 25.5 cm
Rivet
composed of
paste
Leaf
composed of
silk
Sticks, Guards
composed of
gilt
ivory
Leaf, Sticks
composed of
paint
Sticks
Painting
Mezzotint
Embroidering
Accession number: M.219-1985
Primary reference Number: 117804
Old catalogue number: DR 22/284
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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