THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE
A marriage fan, the leaf painted with miniature portraits of an officer and his lady and with children in a landscape, the reserves with swags of flowers and birds and a butterfly, the ivory sticks carved, pierced, painted and gilt with European and Chinoiserie figures - 10in. (26cm.), French, circa 1770 - in fan-shaped case, glazed
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A marriage fan, the leaf painted with miniature portraits of an officer and his lady and with children in a landscape, the reserves with swags of flowers and birds and a butterfly, the ivory sticks carved, pierced, painted and gilt with European and Chinoiserie figures - 10in. (26cm.), French, circa 1770 - in fan-shaped case, glazed
See Colour Plate on front cover (2)
See Colour Plate on front cover (2)
Provenance
Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks [of the British Museum]
Robert Walker [of Uffington], sold Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 8th-11th June, 1882, lot 407, 23gns. (The Fine Art Society for
Lady Charlotte Schreiber)
Anonymous sale Christie's, June 11, 1974, lot 30, 400 pounds
Robert Walker [of Uffington], sold Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 8th-11th June, 1882, lot 407, 23gns. (The Fine Art Society for
Lady Charlotte Schreiber)
Anonymous sale Christie's, June 11, 1974, lot 30, 400 pounds
Literature
Collecting Fans, Mayor, Susan, 1980, illustrated p. 110, sold with a copy of the book
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