Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
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Categories
Description
Sticks and guards of bone/ivory, painted in bodycolour, varnished and gilt (28+2). The head of each guard is strengthen with tortoiseshell. Blue ribbon concealed by paper painted in two shades of blue. Steel rivet with mother-of-pearl washer.
Front: Within an horizontal oval reserve with a gilt frame, a gentleman and lady are seated on a see-saw in a garden, watched by another standing on the right. On each side there is a smaller, vertical oval reserve with an ogee top, similarly framed, containing a lady with her left arm raised, standing in a landscape. The ground is decorated en camaieu in blue, and in blue, green and buff, with buildings and landscapes. At the shoulder there is a horizontal gold border, decorated in black with crosses, below which are four Chinese figures: a boy holding a parasol over a seated figure, flanked by seated men in oval panels. The head is undecorated. Reverse: Three reserves similar in shape to those on the front are outlined in red. The central panel contains a tree and grass against sky, the flanking panels are outlined in black with a lady holding up her left arm, standing in a landscape. The background is outlined in black with buildings in landscape. Below the shoulder there is a spray of red flowers and foliage. Guards: On both sides, horizontal bands of decoration including a flower, a seated figure, green, red and blue diaper.
Notes
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Legal notes
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Probably Northern European in orgin, possibly French or from the Netherlands.
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Ribbon
composed of
silk
( probably)
Sticks+guards
composed of
bodycolour
bone/ivory
gilt
Guard
composed of
tortoise shell
Washer
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Rivet
composed of
steel
Guards
Length 21.2 cm
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.261-1985
Primary reference Number: 117846
Old catalogue number: DR 28/366
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020
Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
