Maker: Unknown
Sticks and guards of wood with arched ends, pierced and painted in bodycolour (20+2). Pink silk ribbon. Brass? rivet (not steel) with star-shaped mother-of-pearl washers. Front: Painted in two shades of pink, blue, purple, yellow and white with a band of roses, other flowers and foliage, below which are blue vases of flowers with pierced backgrounds and four bands of smaller pierced formal floral and leaf ornament. Above the ribbon, the ends of the sticks have pierced palmettes. Guards: Pierced formal flowers and foliage.
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#
Production date:
circa
AD 1800
Ribbon
composed of
silk
( pink)
Washers
composed of
mother-of-pearl
( star-shaped)
Sticks+guards
composed of
bodycolour
wood
Rivet
composed of
brass (alloy)
Guards
Length 15.9 cm
Accession number: M.281-1985
Primary reference Number: 117866
Old catalogue number: DR 3/153
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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