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New Woburn or Bedford Gypsy Fan for 1805
Maker: Unknown
Double paper leaf printed in black and painted in water-colours. Gold paper binding on upper edge. Sticks and guards of wood (18+2). Brass ? rivet with bone or ivory washer. Front: The leaf is divided into five vertical panels. In the central panel, flanked by groups of 4 cards, there is an oval coloured print of a gypsy wearing a bonnet and holding a pack of cards, with below 'The New/WOBURN or BEDFORD/(GYPSY FAN)/for 1805', and above instructions for fortune telling. Running down the left side of the two panels on the left and the right of the two panels on the right are the suits of cards with the Kings at the top. Beside each card there is a statement about the character or future of the chooser of that card. The left, lower and right edges have borders of black zigzag painted pink. Reverse: Undecorated.
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#
George III
Production date:
AD 1805
Leaf
composed of
ink
( black)
paper
( double)
watercolours
Sticks+guards
composed of
wood
Washer
composed of
ivory
Guards
Length 18.8 cm
Accession number: M.236-1985
Primary reference Number: 117821
Old catalogue number: DR 23/296
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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