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A ballooning fan
the silk leaf painted with a lady pointing out a balloon above to elegant lovers , the reserves each painted with MM. Charles et Robert in flight, the balloons outlined in sequins, rebacked with a printed vignette of a family in a park with a chateau beyond, beside a bust inscribed A mon Pere, the ivory sticks carved, pierced and gilt - 11in. (29cm.), circa 1785, the verso circa 1820 (leaf cut down at the left)
the silk leaf painted with a lady pointing out a balloon above to elegant lovers , the reserves each painted with MM. Charles et Robert in flight, the balloons outlined in sequins, rebacked with a printed vignette of a family in a park with a chateau beyond, beside a bust inscribed A mon Pere, the ivory sticks carved, pierced and gilt - 11in. (29cm.), circa 1785, the verso circa 1820 (leaf cut down at the left)