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La Bagatelle: M.455-2015

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

La Bagatelle

Maker(s)

Maker: M. Stunt Fan Warehouse

Entities

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Description

Folding fan showing 'la bagatelle'. With each letter of a figure or animal with a frieze of sheet music.
Hand coloured etching, lower sticks of bone, upper guards replaced. The leaf reduced.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 2044

Legal notes

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

Place(s) associated

  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1798-03-07

Components of the work

Sticks composed of bone
Leaf

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.455-2015
Primary reference Number: 205034
Sale number: 2044
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 4 August 2015 Updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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