King Charles IV of Spain and his Queen, Maria Luisa of Parma, a printed fan, the leaf applied with stipple engraved portraits of the king and queen after Goya, and of King Charles III, the verso with a hand-coloured stipple engraving of the Princess of the Asturias, later Queen Isabel II (b. 1830) inscribed F.C. No. 341, with gilt metal sticks, with ormolu guardsticks, set with mother of pearl, turquoise and paste - 7in. (18cm.), French, for the Spanish market, circa 1830 See Colour Plate 3

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King Charles IV of Spain and his Queen, Maria Luisa of Parma, a printed fan, the leaf applied with stipple engraved portraits of the king and queen after Goya, and of King Charles III, the verso with a hand-coloured stipple engraving of the Princess of the Asturias, later Queen Isabel II (b. 1830) inscribed F.C. No. 341, with gilt metal sticks, with ormolu guardsticks, set with mother of pearl, turquoise and paste - 7in. (18cm.), French, for the Spanish market, circa 1830 See Colour Plate 3

Provenance

Important collection of Fans sold Christie's South Kensington 11 June 1991

Lot Essay

Ferdinand or Fernando Coustellier was of a long established Parisian Fan making family and had premises at Rue Bourg l'Abbe 32 and a factory in Valencia

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