**UPJOHN. A SUPERB AND VERY RARE IVORY, AGATE AND PASTE-SET FAN SET WITH A 22K GOLD WATCH AND COMPARTMENT FOR SMELLING SALTS, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET

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**UPJOHN. A SUPERB AND VERY RARE IVORY, AGATE AND PASTE-SET FAN SET WITH A 22K GOLD WATCH AND COMPARTMENT FOR SMELLING SALTS, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET

MOVEMENT SIGNED UPJOHN, NO. 248, CIRCA 1760

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**UPJOHN. A SUPERB AND VERY RARE IVORY, AGATE AND PASTE-SET FAN SET WITH A 22K GOLD WATCH AND COMPARTMENT FOR SMELLING SALTS, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
Movement signed Upjohn, No. 248, circa 1760

With miniature gilt-finished cylinder movement, chain fusée, conical pillars, blued rectangular disc and steel balance with balance bridge, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer ring with Arabic five minute divisions, gilt hands, with paste-set bezel, fitted within the pivot of the carved ivory and paste-set guardstick embellished with dendritic agate cabochons, the opposite guardstick similarly-set but fitted with a compartment for smelling salts, the leaf finely painted on both sides with Bacchus and Ariadne on the island of Naxos, the sixteen ivory sticks finely pierced and engraved with a mythological scene of Hercules at coronation and crowds of youngsters frolicking with a dragon, movement signed and numbered
280 x 530 mm.

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Notice Regarding the Sale of Material from Endangered Species. Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country

Lot Essay

US$50,000-70,000

This fan is accompanied by a fitted presentation box

PROVENANCE:
Formerly in the Horological Museum, Wuppertal, Germany.

This fan is illustrated in L'Arte Dell Orologeire in Europe, by Brusa, plate LXXXVI.

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