Maker: Unknown
Folding fan of double paper, printed and coloured with for children in a garden. On the reverse in a garden scene, with a lady sketching a statue of Cupid, with a man standing behind her.
Sticks and guards of pierced and gilt ivory, the guards backed with mother-of-pearl.
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
19th Century
Production date:
AD 1840
Leaf
composed of
paper
Sticks, Guards
composed of
gilt
ivory
Guards
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Length 24.7 cm
Accession number: M.347-1985
Primary reference Number: 117932
Old object number: 390
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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