A fan signed A. Topart, the leaf painted elegant figures feasting en plein air with putti, after Watteau, the mother of pearl sticks with figures at the altar of love, gilt and backed with mother of pearl - 11in. (27cm.), circa 1870 - in perspex case

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A fan signed A. Topart, the leaf painted elegant figures feasting en plein air with putti, after Watteau, the mother of pearl sticks with figures at the altar of love, gilt and backed with mother of pearl - 11in. (27cm.), circa 1870 - in perspex case
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Possibly Antonin Pierre Topart,(b. Paris 1833) or a member of his family. He was a portrait and history painter in oil and enamels. He was a pupil of E.Chanson and exhibited at the Salon from 1864 to 1882. His daughter Louise is known to have exhibited fans.

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