IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117901 accession number: M.316-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Double paper leaf, printed, painted in watercolours and gilt. The upper edge has a gold binding. Sticks of wood. Guards of wood edged and strengthened with ivory. (15+2). Brass rivet. Ivory arrow attached by a cream silk cord. Front: In the centre two putti hold up a label inscribed 'L'ORACLE'. Below them is a wheel divided into numbered sections (6, 12, 18, 24 arranged concentrically), flanked by sprays of flowers. On the left there a rectangular frame containing five panels headed I-V, each of which has below ten names of gods and goddesses numbered l. - 10. Below there is an oval wreath containing 'QUESTIONS' numbered l.-5. This is repeated on the right with the panels numbered VI-X and questions 6. -10. The edges have gold and red borders of scrolls and flowers. Reverse: Linked by a bound laurel wreath there are ten medallions containing the heads and symbols of gods and goddesses, labeled above JUPITER, JUNON, APOLLON, DIANE, MARS, VENUS, BACHUS (sic), CERES, MERCURE and MINERVE. Below each is a rectangular panel containing two line answers and prognostications in French, numbered 1.-10. Borders of gold, silver and red scrolls and flowers. Sticks: undecorated. Guards: gorge undecorated; above the shoulder edged with ivory; head strengthened with ivory object type: Double paper leaf, printed, painted in watercolours and gilt. The upper edge has a gold binding. Sticks of wood. Guards of wood edged and strengthened with ivory. (15+2). Brass rivet. Ivory arrow attached by a cream silk cord. Front features two putti, the title and numbered sections; the back the heads and symbols of gods and goddesses. title: folding fan NOTES ----- type: history note value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Messel-Rosse Collection creditline: Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117901 PEOPLE ------------------- Messel, Leonard Countess of Rosse, Anne CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 19th Century, Early# culture: George III CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Tempus, The Art of Time CITATIONS -------- The Fan Tempus, The Art of Time ---