Accession No

0475

Brief Description

candle shade; circa 1850

Origin

Maker

Class

microscopes

Earliest Date

1850

Latest Date

1850

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); cloth (silk); hide (morocco leather); paper (cardboard)

Dimensions

case length 163mm; breadth 55mm; height 21mm; height fully extended 352mm; diameter of fans 228mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from T.H. Court on 05/03/1929.

Inscription

‘To Mr Philips from General Johnson’ (on box in longhand)
‘.6’ (on box)

Description Notes

Folding base screws into brass pillar support with 2 telescopic draw tubes. 2 pivotted brass attachments for push-on circular folding fans of green/blue glazed silk. Fitted morocco box.

Condition: fair.

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