Maker: Unknown
Cardboard, printed in black and painted in blue, green, yellow puce and grey watercolours; turned wooden handle. On one side is a print of Father Time, and German and French inscriptions meaning: 'with time and straw one ripens medlars' (a type of fruit). On the other is an applied printed portrait medallion of Marie Anne Victoire, Infanta of Spain (b. 1718), surrounded by printed and painted scrolls and flowers.
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
Height: 45.1 cm
Width: 26.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1985-01-28) by Countess of Rosse, Anne
Handle
composed of
wood
Leaf
composed of
paint
cardboard
Accession number: M.395-1985
Primary reference Number: 117979
Old object number: 467
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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