Maker: Unknown
Ivory sticks and guards with rounded ends, painted in colours (21+2). Cream silk ribbon. Steel rivet with mother-of-pearl washers.
Front: In the middle, within a circular frame is a Chinese genre scene: a mandarin, two women and a servant boy in the garden of a house. On each side there is a bunch of mixed flowers, and above a border of flower garlands which trail down the extreme left and right sticks. Above the ribbon there are arched panels, three in the centre containing figures and the rest flowers.
Revese: Similar but with the figures reversed.
Guards: On the front, flowers and a bird; on the back, flowers.
History note: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); 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
19th Century
Circa
1820
-
Circa
1840
Chinese for the export market. The paintings reflect contemporary embroidery.
Ribbon
composed of
silk
( cream)
Sticks+guards
composed of
paint
ivory
Washers
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Rivet
composed of
steel
Guards
Length 18.9 cm
Accession number: M.97-1985
Primary reference Number: 117682
Old catalogue number: DR 12/174
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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