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PROBABLY AMERICAN, 19TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF WATERCOLOR STENCILLED AND GILT-DECORATED PAPERBOARD FANS
Probably American, 19th century
Crescent moon-shaped and edged in gold with conforming gilt inner border centering various shells and sea grasses, on a turned handle with green silk ribbon, the verso of one decorated with fruit and foliage-issuing cornucopia and of the second with blooming rose, buds and leaves
17½in. high, 10½in. wide each (2)
Probably American, 19th century
Crescent moon-shaped and edged in gold with conforming gilt inner border centering various shells and sea grasses, on a turned handle with green silk ribbon, the verso of one decorated with fruit and foliage-issuing cornucopia and of the second with blooming rose, buds and leaves
17½in. high, 10½in. wide each (2)
Provenance
Garth's Auctions, Delaware, Ohio, 16 April 1980.