IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 204935 accession number: M.365-2015 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 30 July 2015 updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Folding fan presumably connected with the 'Great Siege' of 1779-1783. Designed with a map of Gibraltar showing French and Spanish ships, surrounding the Rock during the Great Siege of 1779-1783. The reserves with red, blue, and gilt flowers and leaves. Silk leaf with uncoloured engraving. On plain bone sticks and guards, decorated with brass inlay and red spangles. title: folding fan NOTES ----- type: history note value: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 45 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Lennox Boyd creditline: Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/204935 CATEGORIES ------ category: fan DATING ------ creation date: 1780 - 1780 creation date earliest: 1780 creation date latest: 1780 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown