A fan the chickenskin leaf finely painted en grisaille with faces in flesh colours and with pink and blue bows, with little boys in 17th century and classical dress with attributes of the arts, the verso with two little boys, one in armour, with a poodle, inscribed: Elisabeth Comtefse de Falkenhayn nee Comtefse d'Abensperg & Traun anno 1763, the ivory sticks finely carved and pierced with birds, dolphins, cornucopiae and the guardsticks with putti - 11in. (28cm.), German, circa 1720 (old repairs to three sticks and leaf)
A fan the chickenskin leaf finely painted en grisaille with faces in flesh colours and with pink and blue bows, with little boys in 17th century and classical dress with attributes of the arts, the verso with two little boys, one in armour, with a poodle, inscribed: Elisabeth Comtefse de Falkenhayn nee Comtefse d'Abensperg & Traun anno 1763, the ivory sticks finely carved and pierced with birds, dolphins, cornucopiae and the guardsticks with putti - 11in. (28cm.), German, circa 1720 (old repairs to three sticks and leaf)

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A fan the chickenskin leaf finely painted en grisaille with faces in flesh colours and with pink and blue bows, with little boys in 17th century and classical dress with attributes of the arts, the verso with two little boys, one in armour, with a poodle, inscribed: Elisabeth Comtefse de Falkenhayn nee Comtefse d'Abensperg & Traun anno 1763, the ivory sticks finely carved and pierced with birds, dolphins, cornucopiae and the guardsticks with putti - 11in. (28cm.), German, circa 1720 (old repairs to three sticks and leaf)
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