Name/TitleFolding fan produced for NY. K Line

About this objectFolding fan advertising NY.K Line.
Monture: bamboo sticks and guards, the guardsticks with a naturally occurring mottled pattern.
Mount: Double paper leaf, printed.
Obverse: with monochrome leaves and overprinted with the menu for a dinner on board* Iatura Maru on Monday 16th May 1938. The ship's commander was Commander S. Ito.
Reverse: stamped with the NYK Line logo and inscribed, on the left, with 'S337-IM-JUN37'



*Chilled Fresh Romanoff Caviar
Hot Melba Toast
Canadian Smoked Salmon au Citron
Clear Rich Marie Stuart
Cracker Rarebits
May Wood Ripe Olives
Picnic Lake Towada Brook Trout Sauté Cleopatra
Globe artichoke
Zisha Sauce
Supreme Capon Careme
Coeur de Celeris int Dores Pomme Fondant (sic)
Loves Apples Dunlope
New Potatoes
(Extra)
Zara Soba
High Life Salad
Souffle Glace a l'Orientale, Friandises (sic)
Corbeille de Fruits
Café Noir

Date Madec. 1937

PeriodTwentieth Century

Medium and MaterialsMonture: bamboo
Mount: double paper leaf, printed

Place MadeJapan

Inscription and MarksNYK Line logo
'S337-IM-JUN37' inscribed on reverse

TechniquePrinted

MeasurementsGuard length: 19.5 cm.
Leaf depth: 11 cm.
Leaf span: 34.5 cm.

Subject and Association KeywordsAdvertising>Sea Travel

Subject and Association DescriptionThe menu reads as follows:
'Chilled Fresh Romanoff Caviar; Hot Melba Toast; Canadian Smoked Salmon au Citron; Clear Rich Marie Stuart; Cracker Rarebits; May Wood Ripe Olives; Picnic Lake Towada Brook Trout Saute Cleopatra; Globe Artichoke; Zisha Sauce; Supreme Capon Careme; Coeur de Celeris int Dores Pomme Fondant (sic); Love Apples Dunlope; New Potatoes; (Extra); Zara Soba; High Life Salad; Souffle Glace a l'Orientale, Friandises (sic.); Corbeille de Fruits; Cafe Noir'.

Named CollectionThe Fan Museum Trust

Credit LineThe Fan Museum

Object TypeFan (folding)

Object numberLDFAN2003.413.HA