A last quarter 19th century white Mother of Pearl fan, gilded and silvered with a decorative lattice, the double paper leaf painted with a gentle scene of the mythological couple Flora and Zephyr, accompanied by winged cherubs, gathering flowers in a grand park, swans in the lake to their side. The verso is painted simply with gold leaves and tendrils, contained in a cream card fan box with interior label for Duvelleroy, guard approx. 10.5 inches or 26.5cm

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