Lot Essay
The back of the case inscribed in a 20th century hand "French fan said to have belonged to Marie Antoinette"
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A fan with "pagoda" sticks decorated with straw-work, the leaf painted with a classical scene, the ivory sticks decorated with chinoiserie figures and buildings in straw-work, partly stained green - 11in. (28cm.), circa 1775 (leaf torn, lower guardstick broken) - in glazed fan-shaped case
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