Maker: Unknown
Folding fan of paper, double leaf. Painted in water colours and gilt, with two ladies and two gentlemen in a landscape. On the reverse is a figure in a sketchy landscape, on an island in a lake.
Ivory sticks, shaped, pierced and decorated with red and gold flowers. Guards of carved, pierced and painted ivory, with foil backing.
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, third quarter#
Production date:
circa
AD 1770
Northwest Europe
Guards
composed of
foil
( backing)
Length 26.6 cm
Sticks, Guards
composed of
ivory
Sticks
Accession number: M.276-1985
Primary reference Number: 117861
Old catalogue number: DR 28/368
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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