THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
An Eighteenth Century Watch Fan
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An Eighteenth Century Watch Fan
the paper leaf painted with Vulcan forgeing armour at Venus's request, the verso with a classical couple, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with two seated ladies, the gilt metal guardsticks set with coloured paste and enamel birds and flowers, the pivot inset with an 18th century watch signed W.Hughes and numbered 1795 (probably a replacement) - 11in.(28cm.),English, mid-18th century
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the paper leaf painted with Vulcan forgeing armour at Venus's request, the verso with a classical couple, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with two seated ladies, the gilt metal guardsticks set with coloured paste and enamel birds and flowers, the pivot inset with an 18th century watch signed W.Hughes and numbered 1795 (probably a replacement) - 11in.(28cm.),English, mid-18th century
See colour plates on cover