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Fan with Rose Cover

Fan with Rose needle case
Needle Case


Patent

Design Details

Needle Case Type:

Figural (patent doesn’t specify cover design)

Patent/Registered to:

Henry Milward & Sons – Redditch (provisional registered to Theodore Givry, Paris)

Patent/Design Representation #:

Mechanical Patent: #8 (Provisional: #1808 registered December 19, 1867)

Patent/Design Registration Date:

January 1, 1868

Location of Patent/Design Registration:

Mechanical Patent - British Library - Business and Intellectual Property Centre - London
Provisional - The National Archives (TNA) - Kew, UK

Reference #:

TNA Representation - BT 46/6/1808
TNA Register - BT 48/2

Dimensions:

3.4 x 0.8 x 7.5

Material:

Brass

Name Variations:

H. Milward & Sons - Redditch

Interior Variations:

Different backings
Different chromolithography printed interiors

Other Variations:

a) Fan with Bee and Dog Head Cover
b) Fan with Cupid Cover (front view)
c) Fan with Cupid Cover (side view)
d) Fan with Lady with Fan Cover
e) Fan with Swan Cover

Additional Photographs

Front and back opened views

Front closed and side signature detail

Front and interior details

Interior with plain backing (photo courtesy of Clarice Birch) and with purple backing (photo from eBay - the front of this needle case was identical to the one at the top of this page)

With different interior chromolithography prints (photos courtesy of Clarice Birch and Lynda Herrod)

With different interior chromolithography prints (photos courtesy of Loene McIntyre) and another version with different chromolithography can be found at www.averyneedlecases.com

With different interior chromolithography prints (photos from eBay)

With different interior chromolithography prints (photo from the Internet)

Facts

The fan is a device used to create a current of air.  Prior to electricity and air conditioning, fans were used to keep people cool.  Highly decorated hand fans, like the one shown below, were commonplace in the Victorian Era. They were usually semi-circular in shape and consisted of a thin material such as paper or feathers mounted on slats that could be closed when not in use.  Click on the fan below to see an larger version of it.

Cupid facts

History

During the early 19th century European botanists began experimenting with different rose species leading to the development of hybrid roses which produced large flowers in vibrant colors on long stems  These hybrid tea roses became the standard rose in fashionably Victorian gardens and lead to the introduction of the formal Victorian rose garden.  The Rose Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew (seen below) was recently restored to reflect its original 1848 design.

Rose history

Miscellaneous

The Tutor Rose was introduced in 1495 at the end of the English civil war in which the heraldic symbols of the two major rivals were white and reds roses.  After the hostiles ended Henry VII combined the two into a single rose to use as the symbol of English unity.  The conflict later became known as the War of the Roses.  Today the rose is the national flower of England.

Rose misc