A fan, the leaf painted with A Winter's Tale, Act II Scene III after William Hamilton, the verso with three vignettes, an Italian castle, a lighthouse and a castellated bridge and church, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with a fortune teller and other figures and roundels of putti with dogs - 12in. (30cm.), English, circa 1795 (one guardstick repaired)

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A fan, the leaf painted with A Winter's Tale, Act II Scene III after William Hamilton, the verso with three vignettes, an Italian castle, a lighthouse and a castellated bridge and church, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with a fortune teller and other figures and roundels of putti with dogs - 12in. (30cm.), English, circa 1795 (one guardstick repaired)
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Please note this lot has a revised estimate of (1,700-1,900.

Lot Essay

The background and centre and lefthand figures are taken from the painting made for Boydell's Edition of Shakespeare showing Perdita and Florizel dancing

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