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| This and all related images from: The Victoria & Albert Museum |
This unusual fan is made of cast iron filigree with floral and architectural motifs. The individual blades of thin iron are held together with ribbon at the top and a pin at the bottom. This was one of a pair designed by Edward Schott at Ilsenburg-am-Harz as an example of the fineness which could be achieved with iron castings.
This other of the two fans was shown at the International Exhibition of 1862. This example was presented to Princess Frederick William (later the Empress Frederick William) of Prussia (1840-1901), formerly Victoria, the Princess Royal, Queen Victoria's eldest daughter.
The identical fan is now in MAK: Austria’s Museum of Applied Art in Vienna.
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| The reverse of the fan, which looks a lot like the front. |
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