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Three Children Playing: M.123-2015

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Three Children Playing

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Folding fan, depicting three children playing Blind Man's Buff.
Paper leaf with an applied stipple printed in colours, against a hand painted background, flanked by two applied and painted silk medallions. On carved and pierced ivory sticks and guards.

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 249

Legal notes

Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1790

Note

At some point in its history, the guard was broken and repaired using nylon fish wire.

This fan forms part of the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd, allocated to the Museum by H.M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax in 2015. The collection of over 600 fans ranges in date from the 18th to the 20th centuries and in type from bejewelled and hand-painted court and wedding fans, to printed mass-produced advertising fans, aide-memoire fans, mourning fans and children’s fans.

Components of the work

Leaf composed of paper
Medallions composed of silk
Sticks, Guards composed of ivory
Background

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.123-2015
Primary reference Number: 204687
Sale number: 249
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Audit data

Created: Friday 24 July 2015 Updated: Tuesday 26 October 2021 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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