Collection Highlights
Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant
Date:
1656
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1656.D
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fan with box
Object Number:
INV.11662ab
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Ivory, paper, gold, silver, other metal, paint, mother of pearl
Dimensions:
Overall (fan, closed): 10 1/2 in. × 1 in. × 1 in. (26.7 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm)
Container (box): 1 × 11 1/8 × 1 in. (2.5
Marks:
handwritten in pencil: on underside of box: "Old Spanish fan - Spencer"
Description:
Fan with pierced ivory guards and sticks with applied gold and silver decoration; embossed paper leaf, the obverse with color-printed rustic panorama, including dancing figures at center, framed in gold, and reverse with three color-printed scenes in rondels with blue and gold on white decorative background; metal rivet with mother of pearl buttons; rectangular white cardboard box with applied gift label with holly and berry motif.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
