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Cockade Fan & Box

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

ca. 1865

GUSN

GUSN-45923

Description

FAN (A): Small pierced bone sticks; opens to form circular fan; scalloped cotton leaves, painted with small blue and pink flowers. BOX (B): Elongated oval, covered with white moire'.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cockade fans
accessories
bone (material)
cotton (textile)
painting (coating)
paper (fiber product)
piercing
scalloping
Bone
Cotton
Unidentified Paper
Painted
Pierced
Scalloped
FAN & BOX

Inscription

Handwritten on box bottom: ""602 Blue / o.1- / 2.25 / 1.50"".

Additional Identification Number

1957.134A,B

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1957.134AB

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