Fan
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Textile
Measurements
19 mm (Width); 260 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852867.1
Summary
Brise-fan. Medallion painted in imitation Vernis Martin. Whole elaborately pierced ivory. Cream ribbon broken. Labelled 'Bought London £4.10'. One stick broken at rivet and detached, guard stick detached but still attached to each other at the top by ribbon. Metal rivetted pivot pin. 28 sticks and 2 guard sticks. (Fan case (V/80 b) in drawer beneath Silver Fish cabinet in Museum Room).
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund.