CIRCA 1780

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A fan
Circa 1780
The leaf painted with a figure of Victory, attributed to F. Bartolozzi R.A., with an owl and a gryphen in oval cartouches, the reverse of the leaf painted with the two crests of Savoia beneath a crown;
a white lacquered wood brisé fan painted with the word RICORDO, the centre with putti bearing rifles and a cartouche with the inscription '1866, W il P Amadeo 24 Guigno'; and an unusual painted fan, the leaf depicting African and European animals either side of a black child waving a flag and a white child sitting on a rocking horse, circa 1900 (3)

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Lot Essay

The design for the first fan was published by A. Poggi Sept. 1st 1782, and said to be from a design of a Lady of Quality, possibly Viscountess Duncannon.
Ref : Schreiber 72. [S.,E.59.] and 73. Pagni e Bardi, via Maggio, Florence copied another fan by Bartolozzi in 1796. Schreiber 286.
The third fan may be refering to the situation in Eritrea and Abyssinia. The missing folds may originally have shown faschist emblems.

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