Lot 62
62
King Charles III and Queen Amelia of Spain, entering Madrid in a mule-drawn carriage, a painted fan, the mother of pearl sticks, carved, pierced and gilt with figures - 11in. (27cm.), 1759
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King Charles III and Queen Amelia of Spain, entering Madrid in a mule-drawn carriage, a painted fan, the mother of pearl sticks, carved, pierced and gilt with figures - 11in. (27cm.), 1759

Details
King Charles III and Queen Amelia of Spain, entering Madrid in a mule-drawn carriage, a painted fan, the mother of pearl sticks, carved, pierced and gilt with figures - 11in. (27cm.), 1759
See Colour Plate 3
Exhibited
Preston Museum, 1976, catalogue no. 35
Fan Makers' Hall, 1980, catalogue no. 13
Royal Fans, Salisbury Museum, 1985, catalogue no. 44
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Lot Essay

There is an old catalogue reference no.1449 B on verso.
King Charles III acceded to the Spanish throne in 1759.
A fine fan commemorating the birth of his son, the Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria, showing Queen Marie Amalia in bed in the Palace of Portici with King Charles III of the Two Sicilies,as he then was, beside it, painted in 1747, was sold at Christie's South Kensington on September 19, 2000, lot 29.

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