Collection Highlights
Punch bowl: Landing of Lafayette
Date:
1840-1850
Object Number:
1910.24
Medium:
Earthenware
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Fan
Object Number:
1950.193
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Mother of pearl, paper, paint, gilding, metal, turquoise
Dimensions:
closed: 9 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 24.1 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Fan with etched mother of pearl guards and sticks with applied metal decoration; paper leaf, the obverse with painted floral decoration on embossed metallic ground, and the reverse with hand-colored engraving of three women in landscape on ivory-colored ground, with gold painted decorative motifs surrounding; metal rivet with turquoise buttons.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this fan was purchased in Spain around 1905.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Roswell Skeel, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
