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Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Folding fan, double skin leaf, drawn in black ink. Sticks of lacquered ivory, shaped and pierced; guards of lacquered ivory shaped and pierced (17+2). Rivet of brass, washer of stamped, hexagonal-shaped brass. Front: A fishing scene with five men on a rock in the centre and the sea in the background. On the left, there is a boat with a standing fisherman holding a net on a pole, and on the right, there is a boat with two men sitting and one standing and harpooning. Low vegetation on the left and a bush and a tree on the right. The top border is of gold foil. Back: One half of a bridge and a gateway at the end of it. Sticks: the sticks are shaped to resemble a wavy floral ribbon with a narrower ribbon forming zigzags around them. On the bottom there is a row of holes, which form windows when the fan s closed. Guards: Both guards are decorated in the same way. The shoulder is decorated en suite with the sticks, with flowers, leaves and a trellis on the guard proper.
Notes
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Legal notes
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from the Friends of the Fitzwilliam
Measurements and weight
Width: 46.0 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bought
(1985-01-28)
by
Countess of Rosse, Anne
Dating
18th Century, Mid-Late
Circa
1760
-
Circa
1790
People, subjects and objects depicted
Components of the work
Leaf
composed of
ink
( black)
skin
Sticks+guards
composed of
ivory
Rivet+washer
composed of
brass (alloy)
Guards
Length 26.9 cm
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.25-1985
Primary reference Number: 117611
Old catalogue number: DR 23/289
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
