IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 204829 accession number: M.261-2015 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 28 July 2015 updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Folding fan. Medallion of Hope suckling Love. To the left, a medallion of woman in classical dress holding a mask of a man's head. To the right, a woman in classical dress holds a bunch of grapes. Gauze leaf hand painted with flora and fauna, and decorated with three applied stipple medallions in the 'Pompeian Style'. The central oval is after the celebrated painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. The leaf is on pierced and fretted ivory sticks and guards painted to imitate Wedgwood Jasper plaques. title: folding fan NOTES ----- type: history note value: From the collection of Martin Willcocks Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 976 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Lennox Boyd creditline: Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/204829 CATEGORIES ------ category: fan DATING ------ creation date: 1785 - 1785 creation date earliest: 1785 creation date latest: 1785 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown