An unusual fan, painted with a mother showing the portrait of his father to her son who has been playing with a toy gun, drum and punchinello, and two circular portraits of elegant ladies, the verso with a fortune teller, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with figures - 11in. (29cm.), French, late 18th - early 19th century for the Spanish Colonial market (slight chip to upper guardstick, leaving slight hole in verso of leaf)

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An unusual fan, painted with a mother showing the portrait of his father to her son who has been playing with a toy gun, drum and punchinello, and two circular portraits of elegant ladies, the verso with a fortune teller, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with figures - 11in. (29cm.), French, late 18th - early 19th century for the Spanish Colonial market (slight chip to upper guardstick, leaving slight hole in verso of leaf)
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