Details
A novelty fan, the wooden guardsticks with four hidden compartments containing a pair of scissors, a needlecase and thread winder, a pomander, a comb, and a nail file and a mirror, the tassle contains a thimble - 11in., circa 1900; and a black net fan, applied with tapelace flowers, with tortoiseshell sticks - 10in., circa 1900 (2)
Literature
The first fan is illustrated De Vere Green, op.cit. plate 42