Maker: Unknown
Double paper leaf, hand-coloured with applied mezzotint. The central section of the front shows three seperate group scenes and the reverse, a smaller scene of a grape harvest. The bone sticks and guards are pierced, carved, silvered, gilt and painted; the upper section of the guard has additional decoration of gilt metal and, on the obverse only, a framed mirror.
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, second half
Circa
1850
-
Circa
1880
Guard
composed of
mirror
( obverse)
Guards
composed of
gilt metal
( upper section)
Length 29.7 cm
Leaf
composed of
paper
Sticks, Guards
composed of
gilt
bone
paint
Accession number: M.249-1985
Primary reference Number: 117834
Old catalogue number: DR 11/162
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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