Lot Essay
Although the recto and pin look as English as the inventor Clark, the reverse and the decoration of the sticks has a continental flavour
Details
A telescopic fan, the leaf a hand-coloured etching of Chinoiserie figures, the bone sticks silvered - 7in. (18cm.) closed, 11in.(28cm.)extended, probably English, circa 1770
See Illustration Plate D
See Illustration Plate D
Provenance
Duchet with two labels. Sold Christie's South Kensington 26 May 1981, lot 107
Exhibited
Paris 1900, No.96