Maker: Unknown
Stick: ivory. Rim: Brocade and speckled bamboo sheath. Face: obverse: silk, painted gold with applied kingfisher feathers on a paper backing; reverse: paper with finely sprinkled gold. Decorated with a cockatoo amongst flowering peonies.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased from Anne, Countess of Rosse. With a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Width: 27.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century
After
1801
-
Before
1900
Face
composed of
feathers
( kingfisher)
paper
silk
Stick
composed of
ivory
Rim
composed of
brocade
Guards
Height 38.4 cm
Accession number: O.7-1985
Primary reference Number: 118423
Old object number: 475
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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