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A fan, the leaf painted with an oval vignette of two ladies with Cupid, one writes with an arrow, whilst holding a lyre in the other hand, the other pipes, with swans in the foreground, the reserves painted with putti holding a garland of flowers from which hangs a canary in a cage, the ivory sticks carved and pierced - 11in., N. European, circa 1760; and a fan, the leaf painted with a lady falconer on horseback holding a parasol with a young man at her side holding the falcon, with a couple resting in the foreground as a young woman brings them a basket of fruit, the ivory sticks pierced and silvered - 10.5in., Dutch, circa 1760 (2)