A fan, the leaf painted with elegant figures at a fair, in the centre a lady is buying a doll for her child, the reserves with two shaped vignettes of an inn and a windmill against a trompe l'oeil of blue brocaded silk and lace, the verso with a shepherdess in a landscape, the mother of pearl sticks carve, pierced and gilt and backed with mother of pearl - 11in., French, circa 1760 (half a stick missing)
A fan, the leaf painted with elegant figures at a fair, in the centre a lady is buying a doll for her child, the reserves with two shaped vignettes of an inn and a windmill against a trompe l'oeil of blue brocaded silk and lace, the verso with a shepherdess in a landscape, the mother of pearl sticks carve, pierced and gilt and backed with mother of pearl - 11in., French, circa 1760 (half a stick missing)
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