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Property from T.R.H. The Dukes of Gloucester
THREE FANS
CIRCA 1880
Details
THREE FANS
CIRCA 1880
The first fan with pink mother of pearl sticks the silk leaf painted with a fairy seated on a stalk of grass, with butterflies, in a white satin box stamped Bellini, Vigo Street, W.; another in the shape of a bull rush, with brown velvet rush sticks, the silk leaf painted with insects, snails and flowers; the third with wooden sticks inscribed Louise of Schleswig Holstein, Wiesbaden, 1889, the leaf inscribed with the names and dates of operas seen
The first: 14 in. (36 cm.) long
CIRCA 1880
The first fan with pink mother of pearl sticks the silk leaf painted with a fairy seated on a stalk of grass, with butterflies, in a white satin box stamped Bellini, Vigo Street, W.; another in the shape of a bull rush, with brown velvet rush sticks, the silk leaf painted with insects, snails and flowers; the third with wooden sticks inscribed Louise of Schleswig Holstein, Wiesbaden, 1889, the leaf inscribed with the names and dates of operas seen
The first: 14 in. (36 cm.) long
Provenance
One Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872-1956) and by gift or descent to H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester, later Princess Alice (1901-2004).
Previously loaned to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Previously loaned to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Brought to you by
Adrian Hume Sayer