Maker: Unknown
The stick and centre stick are clad in tortoiseshell, with red and a green stained ivory trim; mounts of enamel on copper and on silver, some are missing. Decorated with butterflies and a fruiting pomegranate branch.There is a cream silk-knotted tassel. The rim is of tortoiseshell and the face of silver net with appliqué polychrome silk embroidery.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased from Anne, Contesse of Rosse. With a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Width: 31.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century, Early#
After
1801
-
Before
1820
Face
composed of
silk
( polychrome)
Stick+rim
composed of
tortoise shell
Stick
composed of
enamel
copper
ivory
Guards
Height 50 cm
Accession number: O.6-1985
Primary reference Number: 118422
Old object number: 413
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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