IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 117958 accession number: M.374-1985 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Double paper leaf fan with sticks and guards of ivory. The front is decorated on a gold ground with paintings of flowers, the reverse is calligraphy overall. The sticks are of plain ivory and the guards of engraved ivory. title: folding fan NOTES ----- type: history note value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-92) 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/117958 PEOPLE ------------------- Messel, Leonard Countess of Rosse, Anne TECHNIQUES ---------- calligraphy CATEGORIES ------ category: fans DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1899 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1899 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown