Object Number: N5513

Collection: Applied Art

Object Name: fan

Description: Brise fan: 26 sticks and 2 guards held by cream silk ribbon: gouache painted character at tip of each stick. Painted across the sticks in the centre are willows and a tomb inscribed 'Remember poor Geoffrey Crayon'. Top of each stick is carved. Metal and paste pivot In box covered with red paper (.b). Printed label of 'B.Coker, / Fan Manufacturer, / 2 Wine Office Court; / Fleet Street. / N.B. Fans Neatly Repaired '; pencil note: '70/- Fanny Smith'.