Maker:
Unknown
Production:
Unknown
Cockade fan, sticks and guards of shaped horn, pierced and set with cut sequins (19+2). The central pivot is set with a quizzing glass and the end of each guard (handle) has a circular reducing mirror. A beige silk ribbon is threaded through the sticks. The fan is opens as a series of waves on the outer edge.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)
Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
Circa
1790
CE
-
Circa
1810
CE
Ribbon
composed of
silk
( beige)
Pivot
composed of
glass
( quizzing)
Guards
composed of
mirror
( reducing)
Length 16.2 cm
Sticks+guards
composed of
ducats
horn
Sticks+guards+pivot
Inscription present: circular with rede lettering with the number in the middle
Accession number: M.48-1985
Primary reference Number: 117634
Old catalogue number: DR 6/109
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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