An articulated fan, the silk leaf painted with putti aiming arrows at lovers at the altar of love, the reserves embroidered with sequins, the verso painted with flowers, the ivory sticks, carved, pierced and gilt with hunting scenes, the guardsticks each set with an articulated miniature, the upper with a sportsman holding a shotgun, the other a lady in green hunting dress holding a bird, as concealled levers are slid, their arms move - 10.5in. (27cm.), French, circa 1775 (glass covers to miniatures missing, repairs to verso)
An articulated fan, the silk leaf painted with putti aiming arrows at lovers at the altar of love, the reserves embroidered with sequins, the verso painted with flowers, the ivory sticks, carved, pierced and gilt with hunting scenes, the guardsticks each set with an articulated miniature, the upper with a sportsman holding a shotgun, the other a lady in green hunting dress holding a bird, as concealled levers are slid, their arms move - 10.5in. (27cm.), French, circa 1775 (glass covers to miniatures missing, repairs to verso)

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An articulated fan, the silk leaf painted with putti aiming arrows at lovers at the altar of love, the reserves embroidered with sequins, the verso painted with flowers, the ivory sticks, carved, pierced and gilt with hunting scenes, the guardsticks each set with an articulated miniature, the upper with a sportsman holding a shotgun, the other a lady in green hunting dress holding a bird, as concealled levers are slid, their arms move - 10.5in. (27cm.), French, circa 1775 (glass covers to miniatures missing, repairs to verso)
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