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Maker/s | Unknown (maker) |
Collection | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
folding fan |
Description | Double paper leaf lithographed, painted in watercolour and gilded. Sticks of bone and lithographed paper; guards of pierced, carved and gilded bone with applications of painted brass, enamel and mirror (15+2). Rivet of brass, washer of mother of pearl and loop of stamped brass. The front has a central coloured print of the Escorial; the reverse shows the bride and groom and two other portraits and the Queen's coat of arms. |
Production Place | Spain (maker) (country) Spanish (maker) (nationality) |
Dimensions |
length: (guards): 28.1
cm |
Period | mid 19th century |
Date | 1846 |
Provenance | bought: Anne, Countess of Rosse 1985-01-28 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) 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 |
Other Notes | |
Accession Number | M.247-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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