Maker: Unknown
Screen fan of cardboard with a turned wooden handle. The leaf is decorated with applied coloured prints of a man drinking, and a map of Africa on one side, and a map of Asia and quotations from the Bible in French on the other.
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
Height: 45.0 cm
Width: 26.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
Tassel
composed of
textile
( green)
Handle
composed of
wood
Leaf
composed of
cardboard
Accession number: M.392-1985
Primary reference Number: 117976
Old object number: 457
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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