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Double leaf of paper, painted in bodycolour and gilt. Sticks and guards of pierced, fretted, carved, painted and gilt ivory (10+2), the piercing of the guards backed with blue silk, and the head strengthened with tortoiseshell.
Rivet set with clear pastes. Front: On the left, a butterfly hovers over a rock and a flowering tree, towards which walks a man carrying two buckets on a yoke. On the right, a butterfly hovers over two men seated beside a fence, separated from the walking man by a bare tree.
Reverse: An asymmetrically placed spray with two cherries. Sticks: A split design comprising an oval cartouche containing two putti and a black swan, surmounted by a Chinese figure, to the right of which is a seated man holding a violin. At top right and left, an oval cartouche containing a glass and bottle. All separated by columns twined with flowers. Guards (both the same): On the upper part, a seated man with above, a putto and a circular cartouche containing a bottle, carrots and a wine glass, and below a vase of flowers; on the lower part, a spray of flowers with a parasol at the top.
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
Mid 18th Century
Circa
1750
-
Circa
1760
Guards
composed of
silk
( blue)
Length 28.8 cm
Sticks And Guards
composed of
ivory
( gilt)
Decoration
composed of
bodycolour
gilt
Lower End Of Guard
composed of
tortoise shell
Leaf
Width 52 cm
Leaf+sticks+guards
Sticks+guards
Accession number: M.137-1985
Primary reference Number: 117722
Old catalogue number: DR 29/383
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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"Folding fan"
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