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THE FORUM, ROME, A RARE SPYGLASS GRAND TOUR FAN
the chickenskin leaf painted with a view of the forum, the pierced horn sticks clouté with steel set with a spy-hole in the pivot, the upper guardstick with dummy enamel clockface --6.5in., Italian, circa 1805 in fan-shaped case; and a fan painted with a gentleman and an officer taking leave of a lady, figures on a ferry in the distance, the ivory sticks carved, pierced and gilt with flowers circa 1780, in case (2)
the chickenskin leaf painted with a view of the forum, the pierced horn sticks clouté with steel set with a spy-hole in the pivot, the upper guardstick with dummy enamel clockface --6.5in., Italian, circa 1805 in fan-shaped case; and a fan painted with a gentleman and an officer taking leave of a lady, figures on a ferry in the distance, the ivory sticks carved, pierced and gilt with flowers circa 1780, in case (2)
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