Maker: Unknown
Sticks and guards of stained horn with rounded serrated ends, decorated with applied gold foil; steel rivet and washers and brown silk ribbon. Front; In the centre, a man with a hat is standing in front of a little building (perhaps a mausoleum), trees and two crosses; to the right and left there are sprays of leaves, a swag of leaves and a sprays of flowers. There is a narrow fan-shaped border, which is decorated with leaves at the top and with stripes on the other sides. On the top of each stick there are either three or five leaves. Back: undecorated. Guards: both guards are decorated in the same way with pendant leaves and lozenges.
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
Width: 24.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
19th Century, Early#
Circa
1810
-
Circa
1820
Ribbon
composed of
woven
( brown)
Sticks And Guards
composed of
gold foil
horn
Rivet And Washers
composed of
steel
Guards
Length 13.5 cm
Accession number: M.84-1985
Primary reference Number: 117670
Old catalogue number: DR 5/87
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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