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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
**AN ANTIQUE TORTOISESHELL, LACE AND GEM-SET FAN, BY TIFFANY & CO.
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**AN ANTIQUE TORTOISESHELL, LACE AND GEM-SET FAN, BY TIFFANY & CO.
The black lace of floral design, with tortoiseshell sticks, the upper guardstick, centering upon a portrait miniature of a lady, embellished by scrolling foliate goldwork, accented by old European diamonds and circular-cut sapphires and rubies, to the gold scroll handle, enhanced by old European-cut diamonds, mounted in 18k gold, circa 1893, 14¼ ins., with French assay mark, in its original Tiffany & Co. fitted case inscribed in ink, New York, 1893; Madrid 1894; given to A.C.H.S. by Y.C.?.S. July 10, 1913
Fan signed Tiffany et Cie., Paris, no. 63911; case signed Tiffany et Cie., 36 Bis Avenue de L'opera
The black lace of floral design, with tortoiseshell sticks, the upper guardstick, centering upon a portrait miniature of a lady, embellished by scrolling foliate goldwork, accented by old European diamonds and circular-cut sapphires and rubies, to the gold scroll handle, enhanced by old European-cut diamonds, mounted in 18k gold, circa 1893, 14¼ ins., with French assay mark, in its original Tiffany & Co. fitted case inscribed in ink, New York, 1893; Madrid 1894; given to A.C.H.S. by Y.C.?.S. July 10, 1913
Fan signed Tiffany et Cie., Paris, no. 63911; case signed Tiffany et Cie., 36 Bis Avenue de L'opera