Gibraltar, a printed commemorative fan, the leaf a hand-coloured etching of the rock of Gibraltar with a fleet of French and Spanish vessels in the foreground and a flag inscribed Viva Carlos III y vincas sus armos, to the left the Franco-Spanish camp, all with numbers and letters refering to a key in Spanish on the verso, the ivory sticks silvered, gilt and trimmed with foil with a ship, a fort and flags, the guardsticks carved, pierced and silvered with ships and drums - 11in. (28cm.), French for the Spanish market, mid-18th century - in fan shaped case, glazed both sides, on stand

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Gibraltar, a printed commemorative fan, the leaf a hand-coloured etching of the rock of Gibraltar with a fleet of French and Spanish vessels in the foreground and a flag inscribed Viva Carlos III y vincas sus armos, to the left the Franco-Spanish camp, all with numbers and letters refering to a key in Spanish on the verso, the ivory sticks silvered, gilt and trimmed with foil with a ship, a fort and flags, the guardsticks carved, pierced and silvered with ships and drums - 11in. (28cm.), French for the Spanish market, mid-18th century - in fan shaped case, glazed both sides, on stand
See Colour Plate One, Frontispiece, and Illustration

Provenance
Said to have bolonged to the Earl of Minto
Literature
Not in the Schreiber Collection which contains a different and much simpler Gilbraltar fan [S.,F125,126], no.222 p.46, drawn by M. le Chevalier Renau

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