IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117902 accession number: M.317-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Double leaf of paper, printed, painted in water-colours and gilt. Gold binding on upper edge. Sticks of pierced ivory, silvered and gilt on the front and painted on the back. Guards of pierced ivory, silvered and gilt, the head strengthened with mother-of-pearl. (14+2) Rivet with mother-of-pearl washers. Front: In the middle, a printed, hand-coloured vignette of a gentleman carrying a lady towards a waiting carriage, surrounded by a painted landscape. The left, upper and right edges have a stylized floral border in gold. Back: In the middle, a printed and hand-coloured vignette of a lady seated on a rock beside a stream attended by an angel who is feeling her heart and taking her pulse. Signed below, 'pomel Sc 1820' On each side there is a stylized floral spray painted in gold and pink. The left, upper and right edges have a stylized floral border in gold. Sticks: Pierced by simple leaf sprays and decorated on the front with diamond-shapes and stylized leaves in silver and gold foil, and on the back with painted roses and leaves. Guards: Pierced with stylized plants and decorated with silver and gold foil, striated and engraved with a flower head and three leaves. title: folding fan NOTES ----- type: history note value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); his daughter Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Messel-Rosse Collection creditline: Purchased with a grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and a gift from The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117902 PEOPLE ------------------- Messel, Leonard Countess of Rosse, Anne CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1820 - 1820 creation date earliest: 1820 creation date latest: 1820 culture: 19th Century, Early# culture: Louis XVIII CREATORS -------- maker: pomel