Lot Essay
There is a Poggi fan with similar sticks in the Royal Collection (De Vesme 2222)
Details
Victory, a printed fan, the chickenskin leaf a hand-coloured stipple engraving by Bartolozzi after a design by Lady Duncannon, the reserves of an owl and an eagle by pupils, the first state of two published by Antonio Poggi, 1782, lacks publication line, the ivory sticks finely carved and pierced with classical figures and birds - 11in. (28cm.), English, 1782
Literature
Schreiber, [S.,E 59.], 72, p.77 and 73 p.77, both unmounted
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