IDENTIFIERS
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id:	117664
accession number:	M.78-1985

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Brisé fan, sticks of horn with inlaid steel sequins painted in bodycolour and gold; guards of horn inlaid with steel sequins painted in gold (18+2). Ribbon of cream coloured silk.  Rivet of brass; washers of steel.  Front: two exotic birds are sitting on branches holding two ribbons from a wreath, which is placed in the centre; the background has gold stars and a chain of sequins borders the scene.  On the top of each stick above the ribbon there is a plant under an arch of sequins.  Back: undecorated.  Guards: a chain of sequins borders leaves and flowers.
title:	brisé fan

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Messel-Rosse Collection
creditline: Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117664

PEOPLE
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Messel, Leonard
Countess of Rosse, Anne




CATEGORIES
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category: fans

DATING
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creation date:	1815 - 1815
creation date earliest:	1815
creation date latest:	1815
culture:	19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 28.5