Maker: Unknown
Brisé fan, sticks of shaped, fretted, pierced, carved and painted ivory, guards of fretted and carved ivory with a magnifying glass in a brass frame at each end. Ribbon of cream textile (new). Front: In the centre, a medallion painted with a women and a man who is cutting their initials in a tree. The circle is flanked by two cartouches with baskets of flowers. All the sticks have large holes on top which overlap when the fan is open. Back: undecorated. Guards: foliage under a man holding a hat standing under a tree. The front guards and back guard have a magnifying glass fixed onto the loops on top. When the fan is closed all the loops form a window.
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
19th Century, Early#
Louis XVIII
Production date:
circa
AD 1820
Sticks and guards of shaped, fretted, pierced, and carved ivory. The sticks are painted, and the guards are set with quizzing glasses. The cream ribbon is recent. The central medallion shows Paris and Oenone from Ovid’s Heroides, derived from Francesco Bartolozzi’s print of 1780, after the painting by Angelika Kauffmann (1741-1807). When the fan is closed, the loops on the top form a win¬dow, and the two glasses in the guards serve as a spy glass.
Sticks+guards
composed of
bodycolour
( probably)
ivory
Ribbon
composed of
silk
( probably)
Frame
composed of
brass (alloy)
Guards
Length 18.9 cm
Sticks
Accession number: M.107-1985
Primary reference Number: 117692
Old catalogue number: DR 5/65
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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