拍品 4
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A fan, the leaf of Brussels lace, the mother of pearl sticks finely carved and pierced with trophies of love and an oval vignette of a lady playing the piano signed J. Vaillan, the upper guardstick with a crest and the motto Deus Nobis quis contra, the lower guardstick with a gentleman musician - 11in., circa 1880 - in box

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A fan, the leaf of Brussels lace, the mother of pearl sticks finely carved and pierced with trophies of love and an oval vignette of a lady playing the piano signed J. Vaillan, the upper guardstick with a crest and the motto Deus Nobis quis contra, the lower guardstick with a gentleman musician - 11in., circa 1880 - in box

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拍品專文

The crest is probably a variant of that of the Kilkveen family, Co. Kildare