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Fan case: M.459-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Manufacturer: Racine

Entities

Categories

Description

Cardboard fan case with hinged lid. With trellis and rose bud design, and gold edges to lid.
Label inside lid, printed in blue: 'Fans Repaired' and 'From RACINE, / Fan Manufacturer, / 21, SOUTH MOLTON STREET, W'

Notes

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

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Cardboard

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.459-1985
Primary reference Number: 118041
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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