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Maker/s | Unknown (maker) |
Collection | |
Category |
fans |
Name |
cockade fan |
Description | Brisé, cockade fan, blades of shaped and pierced horn with applied steel sequins; guards of shaped and pierced horn with applied steel sequins. (19+2) Ribbon of cream coloured silk. Opera glass magnifier set in centre as rivet. Front: Each blade is decorated in the same way with sequins following the shapes and a pierced flower is inside the ribbon; above the ribbon there are serrated rosettes enclosing sequins set in a circle and a sequin in the centre. Back: undecorated. Guards: Both guards are decorated in the same way; the upper part is shaped and decorated like the blades and the handle has three graduated circular shapes, the bottom of which has a rosette. |
Production Place | France, (maker) (country) French (maker) (nationality) |
Technique Description | Brisé, cockade fan, blades of shaped and pierced horn with applied steel sequins; guards of shaped and pierced horn with applied steel sequins. (19+2) Ribbon of cream coloured silk. Opera glass magnifier set in centre as rivet. |
Dimensions |
length: (guards): 15.9
cm |
Period | early 19th Century |
Date | circa 1805 to 1810 |
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 |
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Other Notes | |
Accession Number | M.49-1985 (Applied Arts) |
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