Fan
Category
Costume
Date
1775
Materials
Paper
Measurements
34 mm (Width); 280 mm (Length)
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Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 852883
Summary
Fan. Painted paper leaf in gouache with gilt border, classical scene of Mars and Venus, reverse with 2 ladies in landscape. Battoir sticks, alternating with column shaped stick of fretted tortoiseshell with gilt highlights. Jewelled pivot pin. 11 sticks and 2 guard sticks. French or Spanish. 1775. Label 'Bought London £5'.
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.