Fan
- Object Name:
- Fan
- Object ID:
- 1967.008.27
- Date:
- 1873
- Description:
- Folding fan. Small brise-type fan. 14 wooden sticks with rounded top ends, with names and verses on both sides, most in pencil but four in ink. Both guard sticks are thicker and polished, and have convex outer face. Written in pencil on inside of one guard stick, "Eva Cressey Her Fan". One stick inscribed in pencil, "This fan taken from the wrist of a young lady / blown from the deck of the steamer Mt. Washington / Aug. 28, 1873". One stick has a pencil drawing of a woman among trees, inscribed "Eva / Remember / our first / visit to / Newport / & the Spring / July 24th / 1873". Some other sticks are dated 1872 or 1873. Some are inscribed "Claremont, N.H."; one "New Haven, Ct."; and one "Atlanta, Ga." Each stick has three slots; interlaced ribbon missing.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-6.7 W-12 D-0.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Eva G. Cressey (1854-1937), the mother-in-law of the donor, Lucia C. Hale.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Lucia C. Hale
- Subjects:
- Fans (Accessories), Souvenirs
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