IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117965 accession number: M.381-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 22 November 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Wood sticks and guards with rounded ends, lacquered black and decorated in red, silver and two shades of gold lacquer. (21 originally 22 + 2). Brown silk ribbon. Brass ? rivet and washers. Front: In a fan-shaped panel with paired leaf borders, a Chinese genre scene of men and women in a garden. Below the shoulder, there is a floral design and above the ribbon a bird on each stick and the guards. Back: Similar but a different genre scene in which two boats approach an island. Guards: The fronts have a central area dotted in red. title: brisé fan NOTES ----- type: history note value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); 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/117965 PEOPLE ------------------- Messel, Leonard Countess of Rosse, Anne CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1840 - 1840 creation date earliest: 1840 creation date latest: 1840 CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown