Lot 11
11
The Royal Family, a rare English commemorative fan, the ivory sticks carved with portraits of King George II, Queen Caroline of Ansbach and their five children, and pique in silver with the inscription "The Royal Family", the leaf painted with the family of Darius before Alexander, the verso with a shepherd and ruins - 11in. (28cm.), circa 1728
The Royal Family, a rare English commemorative fan, the ivory sticks carved with portraits of King George II, Queen Caroline of Ansbach and their five children, and pique in silver with the inscription "The Royal Family", the leaf painted with the family of Darius before Alexander, the verso with a shepherd and ruins - 11in. (28cm.), circa 1728

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The Royal Family, a rare English commemorative fan, the ivory sticks carved with portraits of King George II, Queen Caroline of Ansbach and their five children, and pique in silver with the inscription "The Royal Family", the leaf painted with the family of Darius before Alexander, the verso with a shepherd and ruins - 11in. (28cm.), circa 1728
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Probably commemorating the Coronation of King George II in 1728
A fan with similar sticks, and painted with the same subject but in another style, was exhibited in Royal Fans, catalogue No. 6, Salisbury Museum, Harewood House, Guildford Museum, Kensington Palace, 1985-6

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