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Maker/s | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
brisé fan |
School/Style | |
Description | Pierced and carved ivory, painted in polychrome with a central vignette of classical scene well executed and a curved upper border of oak leaves and acorns. Seven tiny brilliants in rosette button, tubular rivet. Tubular pressed paper case with detachable cover (somewhat squashed), coloured pink, and bearing a rectangular white paper label printed in black: 'B. COKER, Fan Maker./Wholesale & Retail/No: 118, Fleet=Street, London.\NB Fans neatly Repaired.' |
Production Place | England (country) English (nationality) |
Technique Description | Brisé fan of pierced and carved ivory, painted. Seven tiny brilliants in rosette button, tubular rivet. |
Dimensions |
length: (guard): 25.3
cm |
Period | late 18th century |
Date | circa 1790 |
Provenance | given: Madge, Mrs 1936-06-09 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) Given by Mrs Madge |
Inscriptions/Marks |
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Other Notes | |
Accession Number | M.4 & A-1936 (Applied Arts) |
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