Maker: Unknown
The stick: carved and pierced ivory, with paper-backed tortoiseshell clamp, one pin missing, dark blue knotted tassel bound in silver and silver gilt wire. The rim: cane, covered in blue brocade. Face: palm leaves, decorated with hot needles and sgraffito through blue paint. Decorated with a lakeside landscape, the reverse with inscriptions; the stick with figures amongst buildings.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); 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
Width: 30 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century, Early#
After
1801
-
Before
1830
Tassel
composed of
silk
( probably)
silverwire
Face
composed of
palm leaves
paint
Stick
composed of
ivory
Guards
Height 41.3 cm
Accession number: O.32-1985
Primary reference Number: 118441
Old object number: 412
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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