A fan, the chickenskin leaf painted with a vignette of three kittens amidst Pompeiian decoration and monograms LA or CA with an Earl's coronet above, the ivory sticks finely carved and pierced with musicians - 11in., English, circa 1780 - in contemporary box inscribed Ly Aylesford 9 (lacks lid, one stick broken)

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A fan, the chickenskin leaf painted with a vignette of three kittens amidst Pompeiian decoration and monograms LA or CA with an Earl's coronet above, the ivory sticks finely carved and pierced with musicians - 11in., English, circa 1780 - in contemporary box inscribed Ly Aylesford 9 (lacks lid, one stick broken)

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Louisa, Lady Aylesford was a flower painter and wife of Heanage Finch, Earl of Aylesford, the distinguised painter and etcher

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