Maker: Unknown
Folding fan of paper, double leaf. Painted in blue and pink, with a lady and gentleman in a landscape of an island in a lake. On the reverse is a tree.
Sticks of wood and bone, alternating in blue and silver. Guards of painted and pierced wood and bone, backed with foil.
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, third quarter
Production date:
circa
AD 1760
If German, probably Spa
Guards
composed of
foil
( backing)
Length 27.1 cm
Leaf
composed of
paper
Sticks, Guards
composed of
wood
bone
Accession number: M.275-1985
Primary reference Number: 117860
Old catalogue number: DR 22/287
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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