Maker: Unknown
Folding fan, decorated, face: with cuckoos passing the moon; guards with scrolls and diapers. Guards: steel overlaid with silver. Sticks: copper. Face: heavy black paper painted in polychrome opaque watercolours with silver and gold.
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
Length: 28.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century
After
1801
-
Before
1900
Face
composed of
paper
( black)
watercolours
( opaque)
Sticks
composed of
copper
Guards
composed of
silver
steel
Accession number: O.42-1985
Primary reference Number: 118483
Old object number: 433
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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