Two charming manuscript conundrum fans, one with chickenskin leaf painted with a trompe l'oeil including a ruined arch, the Prince of Wales feathers, monogram HRI, and a border of roses entwined in blue ribbon, with ivory sticks - 9in. (24cm.), English, circa 1795; the other with an envelope addressed to Miss Sealy, Lisbon and two drawings of country houses, the ivory sticks pierced - 10in. (26cm.), English, circa 1795 (lower guardstick defective) (2)

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Two charming manuscript conundrum fans, one with chickenskin leaf painted with a trompe l'oeil including a ruined arch, the Prince of Wales feathers, monogram HRI, and a border of roses entwined in blue ribbon, with ivory sticks - 9in. (24cm.), English, circa 1795; the other with an envelope addressed to Miss Sealy, Lisbon and two drawings of country houses, the ivory sticks pierced - 10in. (26cm.), English, circa 1795 (lower guardstick defective) (2)

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Another fan with a letter addressed to Miss Sealy in Lisbon by Charles de Guerville, 1795, was sold at Christie's South Kensington on 17th September 1996, lot 153

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