A rare articulated fan the leaf painted with lovers in the Garden of Love, watched by a lady whose ivory face changes from a young lady to an old hag by means of a lever concealled at the back of the fan, and four panels painted with flowers, the reserves of catgut forming large spy-holes, the verso painted with a man carrying a basket, four panels of flowers and a border of flowers, the ivory sticks carved, pierced and painted with figures with a birdcage and with flowers, the upper articulated guardsticks set with three male portraits, which change to three female portraits when a concealed lever is pushed up, the lower articulated guardstick also set with three male portraits, including a clown and a man blowing bubbles, which change to female portraits when the concealled lever is slid down - 10.5in. (26.5cm.), French, circa 1770 - in 18th century fan box See Illustration on front cover
A rare articulated fan the leaf painted with lovers in the Garden of Love, watched by a lady whose ivory face changes from a young lady to an old hag by means of a lever concealled at the back of the fan, and four panels painted with flowers, the reserves of catgut forming large spy-holes, the verso painted with a man carrying a basket, four panels of flowers and a border of flowers, the ivory sticks carved, pierced and painted with figures with a birdcage and with flowers, the upper articulated guardsticks set with three male portraits, which change to three female portraits when a concealed lever is pushed up, the lower articulated guardstick also set with three male portraits, including a clown and a man blowing bubbles, which change to female portraits when the concealled lever is slid down - 10.5in. (26.5cm.), French, circa 1770 - in 18th century fan box See Illustration on front cover
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