A fan, the leaf painted with Sampson and Delilah, the verso with two shaped vignettes of a man, a boy and a dog and of a farmer's wife probably collecting eggs, the mother of pearl sticks finely carved, pierced, silvered and backed with mother of pearl, with vignettes of lovers, and shepherds and sheep - 11in., circa 1750 (one stick detached from leaf)

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A fan, the leaf painted with Sampson and Delilah, the verso with two shaped vignettes of a man, a boy and a dog and of a farmer's wife probably collecting eggs, the mother of pearl sticks finely carved, pierced, silvered and backed with mother of pearl, with vignettes of lovers, and shepherds and sheep - 11in., circa 1750 (one stick detached from leaf)

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Provenance
Christie's, 10th June 1925, lot 7

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