Sale 8392
London, South Kensington
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25 May 1999
Price realised
GBP 1,150
Estimate
A spyglass fan, the silk leaf with leaf-shaped net insertions and embroidered with gold sequins and spangles, the bone sticks pierced, silvered and with a monocular set in the pivot - 8in.(20cm.), circa 1810
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