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Maker: Unknown
Fixed fan with loop handle, decorated with birds and flowers. Mica, painted white with applied gilt and silver 'jewels', mounted in cane; the handle is moulded and gilt and bound in red cotton; silk fringe in white, red, green, yellow and blue.
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
Height: 38.4 cm
Width: 45.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century
After
1801
-
Before
1900
Probably Southern India
Handle
composed of
cotton
Fringe
composed of
silk
Face
composed of
mica
Accession number: O.17-1985
Primary reference Number: 118518
Old object number: 407
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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