IDENTIFIERS
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id:	117970
accession number:	M.386-1985

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 24 November 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Tortoiseshell brise fan.  Sticks of pierced and carved tortoiseshell; guards are carved (21+2).  Red silk ribbon and brass(?) rivet.
Front:  Pierced by longitudinal striations and carved below the ribbon with genre scenes, enclosed by a pierced floral border.  Above the ribbon there are single figures and cattle.
Reverse:  The same design in reverse.
Guards:  The fronts are carved with two figures, a phoenix and a dragon, the backs with four figures.
title:	brisé fan

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Colonel Leonard C. Messel (1872-1953); Anne, Countess of Rosse (1902-1992)


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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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
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/117970

PEOPLE
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Messel, Leonard
Countess of Rosse, Anne




CATEGORIES
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category: fans

DATING
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creation date:	1820 - 1820
creation date earliest:	1820
creation date latest:	1820
culture:	19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown