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Fan case: M.418-1985

Current Location: Gallery 34 (Fan Gallery)

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Fan case, green cardboard.
Shield-shaped label: 'Grandcher / An [...] / DunKergue / No. g Rude de / [...] a Paris'

Green card bearing a printed label: ‘Grandcher\Au Petit\ Dunkerque\No 9 Rue de\Richelieu\à Paris.’

Notes

History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); 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

Materials used in production

green Cardboard

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.418-1985
Primary reference Number: 118000

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 12 January 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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