A trompe l'oeil Grand Tour fan

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A trompe l'oeil Grand Tour fan
the leaf painted with an oval vignette of the Erruption of Vesuvius by night 1769 and two views of the caves at Pozzuoli, the bamboo sticks decorated with chinoiserie - 11in. (28cm.), circa 1770 - in contemporary fan case labelled with a Watchmaker's label J. Le Cheminimant, Cavendish Square stuck over the fanmaker's label

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