IDENTIFIERS
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id:	117696
accession number:	M.111-1985

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Sticks of cut and pierced ivory, painted in polychrome and decorated with feathers and painted applications.   Guards cut, pierced and carved ivory (25+2).  Ribbon of white silk; rivet set with clear circular, cut pastes.  Front:  below the ribbon, the fan is decorated in nine rows of different pierced patterns, bordered by rows of dots.  The painted area above the ribbon has a bird sitting on sprays of roses in the centre, bordered by alternating butterflies and birds amid sprays of flowers.  Back:  undecorated.  Guards: Both guards have similar pierced decoration with a snowflake motif near the top.
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/117696

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:	1820 - 1830
creation date earliest:	1820
creation date latest:	1830
culture:	19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 30.5



CITATIONS
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Eventails XVI
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