Folding fan with a map of European train routes ('Mapa de los Ferro-Carriles de Europa')
Maker: Unknown
Folding fan with a map showing major European train routes in the 1890s. It is an advertisement for two Spanish fan-makers, Martinez y Vicente and El Juego de las Flores.
Paper leaf with an uncoloured etching on plain wood sticks and guards.
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 378
Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1890
The fan shows major European train routes in the 1890s. It is an advertisement for two Spanish fan-makers, Martinez y Vicente and El Juego de las Flores. As a cheap mass-produced object, it was probably given away to attract customers to the manufacturer’s shop.
This fan forms part of the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015. The collection of over 600 fans ranges in date from the 18th to the 20th centuries and in type from bejewelled and hand-painted court and wedding fans, to printed mass-produced advertising fans, aide-memoire fans, mourning fans and children’s fans.
Leaf
composed of
paper
Sticks, Guards
composed of
wood
Accession number: M.218-2015
Primary reference Number: 204783
Sale number: 378
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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