ANTIQUE MOTHER OF PEARL VICTORIAN ITALIAN HAND PAINTED FAN COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE

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ANTIQUE MOTHER OF PEARL VICTORIAN ITALIAN HAND PAINTED FAN COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE:
$1525.00

VERY FINE 18TH CENTURY ITALIAN FAN MADE OF EXQUISITE MOTHER OF PEARL BLADES AND BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED ROMANTIC SCENES ON PAPER ONE SIDE FEATURES GOLD FILIGREE DESIGNS WITH A BUFF BROWN BACKGROUND. THE VARIED TABLEAUS PAINTED ON THIS SIDE FIRST DEPICT SCENES OF FEASTING BACHELORS REVELING AND DRINKING WINE, NEXT IS A LONE BACHELOR INTENT ON COURTSHIP, THE FINAL TABLEAU DEPICTS A WOMAN PERHAPS DICTATING A LOVE LETTER TO HER BETROTHED, OR PERHAPS THE MAN SEATED AT THE TABLE IS HER HUSBAND AND THEY ARE SIGNING THE WEDDING CONTRACT! THE OTHER SIDE FEATURES SIMILAR GOLD FILIGREE DESIGNS AND A SKY BLUE OR \"FRENCH BLUE\" BACKGROUND. THE PAINTING ON THIS SIDE DEPICTS A SINGLE TABLEAU OF A LAKESIDE PARTY OF THREE WOMEN WITH AN ATTENDANT GARDENER AND AN ITALIAN GREYHOUND PET DOG CURLED UP ON A CUSHION. THE STICKS ARE CARVED AND PIERCED MOTHER-OF-PEARL WITH DARK COLORED METAL INLAID FLORAL DECORATIONS ON THE OUTER GUARD STICKS. APPROXIMATE MEASUREMENTS:
10 1/2\" TALL
20\" WIDE (OPEN) AND ABOUT 1\" WIDE (CLOSED)
THE MOTHER OF PEARL STICKS MEASURE 6\" LONG FROM THE PAPER PORTION TO THE BASE. CONDITION: VERY GOOD OVER ALL FOR AN ITEM OF THIS AGE AND COMPLEXITY. TWO OF THE MOTHER OF PEARL STICKS ARE CRACKED: ONE GUARD STICK IS CRACKED NEAR ITS MIDPOINT. THIS IS A CLEAN CRACK RUNNING ACROSS THE STICK, AND SHOULD BE EASILY REPAIRABLE. THE SECOND STICK IS BROKEN 1\" ABOVE THE BASE. THIS IS A CLEAN BREAK AND SHOULD ALSO BE AN INTACT REPAIR JOB. THERE ARE SOME VERY MINOR CRACKS IN THE PAPER FOLDS AND MINOR ANOMALIES AND WEAR TO THE MOTHER OF PEARL SURFACES AND THE GILDED DESIGNS. THIS WAS ANOTHER OF OF THE FANS FROM GREAT GRANNY\'S COLLECTION. IT WAS NO DOUBT PURCHASED IN EUROPE DURING HER EXTENSIVE TRAVELS. \"ONE OWNER\" ESTATE ITEM. FOR THIS ITEM WE ARE OFFERING FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE. PLEASE EMAIL US WITH ANY QUESTIONS!