Maker: Unknown
Ivory sticks and guards, pierced and carved (23+2). The left guard is strengthened with a silver plaque. Cream silk ribbon. Brass? rivet with mother-of-pearl washers. Front: Carved with the inscription 'SI VOUS AIMEZ CE QUE L'AIME/VOUS VOUS AIMEREZ VOUS MEME' in two lines; above between and below, pierced striations edged by dotted borders. Reverse: Undecorated. Guards: Carved with tiny flowers and birds on a pierced net ground. On the back, engraved striations, a bird and a flower.
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
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
Circa
1790
-
Circa
1820
Ribbon
composed of
silk
( cream)
Rivet
composed of
brass (alloy)
( probably)
Washers
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Sticks+guards
composed of
ivory
Guards
Length 146 mm
Inscription present: circular printed in red ink
Accession number: M.130-1985
Primary reference Number: 117715
Old catalogue number: DR 12/184
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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