‘Winter Evenings Recreations in the Ladies Screen’
Maker: Jones' Toy Shop
Revolving circular hand screen with ‘Winter Evenings Recreations in the Ladies Screen’. Engraving on paper adhered to wood disc with turned wood handle.
History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 2007
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
18th Century, Late
1750
CE
-
1799
CE
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.
This rigid but revolving hand screen was made and sold at Jones’s, Late Kirk’s Toy Shop, 25 Ludgate Street, London. During the 18th century, ‘toys’ were not intended for children but were expensive novelties for adults.
Screen
composed of
paper
Disc, Handle
composed of
wood
Handle
Accession number: M.435-2015
Primary reference Number: 205014
Sale number: 2007
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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