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Brisé fan: M.295-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Pierced wooden sticks with plain wooden guards, decorated with three applied oval printed bust portraits of the marquis de Lafayette, Queen Marie-Antoinette, and Louis XVI

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

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne

Dating

18th Century, Late
Louis XVI
Circa 1789 - 1790

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Guards Length 28.2 cm

Materials used in production

Wood

Techniques used in production

Applied
Printed
Piercing

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.295-1985
Primary reference Number: 117880
Old object number: 338
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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