A Canton ivory brise fan carved Burges, the reserves carved and pierced with birds and flowers and with vignettes of pagodas - 10in. (26cm.), circa 1790 (one guardstick repaired); and a pair of carved ivory handles
A Canton ivory brise fan carved Burges, the reserves carved and pierced with birds and flowers and with vignettes of pagodas - 10in. (26cm.), circa 1790 (one guardstick repaired); and a pair of carved ivory handles

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A Canton ivory brise fan carved Burges, the reserves carved and pierced with birds and flowers and with vignettes of pagodas - 10in. (26cm.), circa 1790 (one guardstick repaired); and a pair of carved ivory handles
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Provenance
M. Parkenaur, Co. Tyrone. Margaret (d.1828) daughter of Jnyr Burges married Captain Sir John Smith, later Sir John Smith Burges Bt. of the East India Company service, in 1771. He died in 1801. She then married John, 4th Earl Poulett

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