A fan, the leaf painted with a trompe l'oeil with three oval vignettes, one of a lady standing under a pair of compasses, two others of ladies and two rectangular landscapes, the ivory sticks pierced and painted with Chinoiserie - 8in., North European, circa 1775

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A fan, the leaf painted with a trompe l'oeil with three oval vignettes, one of a lady standing under a pair of compasses, two others of ladies and two rectangular landscapes, the ivory sticks pierced and painted with Chinoiserie - 8in., North European, circa 1775

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The vignettes are taken from English Mezzotints: "Posture Prints" or "Drolls", that in the centre is "Keep within the Compass" and that on the right is "A Bird of Paradise" (Miss Gertie Mahon, an Irish 'good-time-girl')

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