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Elegant Company Playing Cards: M.440-2015

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Elegant Company Playing Cards

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Folding fan with an 'assemblee de la noblesse die gessellschaft des adels'.
Hand coloured engraving on wooden sticks, the upper guard with bone edge.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 2014

Legal notes

Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1770

Components of the work

Sticks composed of wood
Upper Guards composed of bone
Leaf

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.440-2015
Primary reference Number: 205019
Sale number: 2014

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 4 August 2015 Updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Elegant Company Playing Cards" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/205019 Accessed: 2024-05-03 10:21:23

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