Lot 197
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Italy joining the Allies, a miniature fan, with a pen and wash caricature of a seesaw with the King of Italy walking from the central powers to the Allies, with sticks alternately of bone and dark wood, inscribed in gold Au revoir et merci - 2.4in. (6cm.), French, circa 1915 (the upper guardstick split at pin)
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Italy joining the Allies, a miniature fan, with a pen and wash caricature of a seesaw with the King of Italy walking from the central powers to the Allies, with sticks alternately of bone and dark wood, inscribed in gold Au revoir et merci - 2.4in. (6cm.), French, circa 1915 (the upper guardstick split at pin)

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Italy joining the Allies, a miniature fan, with a pen and wash caricature of a seesaw with the King of Italy walking from the central powers to the Allies, with sticks alternately of bone and dark wood, inscribed in gold Au revoir et merci - 2.4in. (6cm.), French, circa 1915 (the upper guardstick split at pin)
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
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Possibly by Jean-Louis Forain

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In april 1915 Italy signed the secret Treaty of London and declared war on Austria-Hungary on 23rd May.

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