Fan
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
silk, cardboard, wood, metal
Measurements
385 x 221 x 13 mm
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1656837
Summary
A shaped fan with a carved painted wood handle with a metal ferrule. Silk mounted on cardboard . Both sides hand painted, one with two greccean columns within a border of blue ribbon, flowers and insects. SIgned By - Lon / xmas 1857. The other side with Edith Londonderry cypher of a E set within crossed Ls, within a green oval pendant on a blue ribbon with butterfly and vegetation
Provenance
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the National Trust, 2013
Marks and inscriptions
Hand painted: by - Lon- / xmas 1857