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ITALIAN, CIRCA 1780, THE STICKS ENGLISH
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A GRAND TOUR FAN
ITALIAN, CIRCA 1780, THE STICKS ENGLISH
The chickenskin leaf painted with vignettes of the Pantheon and The Tomb of Cecilia Metella, The Temple of Jupiter, The Temple of Vesta and The Tomb of Sestius, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with a gentleman riding, the guardsticks with portraits of a lady and gentleman, in a 19th morocco box
11 in. (28 cm.)
ITALIAN, CIRCA 1780, THE STICKS ENGLISH
The chickenskin leaf painted with vignettes of the Pantheon and The Tomb of Cecilia Metella, The Temple of Jupiter, The Temple of Vesta and The Tomb of Sestius, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with a gentleman riding, the guardsticks with portraits of a lady and gentleman, in a 19th morocco box
11 in. (28 cm.)
Provenance
Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872-1956).
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