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Pleated paper fan, painted on the front in water-colours with a racing scene, sticks and guards of tortoiseshell, Great Britain, late 18th century. Pleated paper fan, painted on the front in water-colours with a racing scene, showing jockeys on horseback
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Pleated paper fan, painted on the front in water-colours with a racing scene, sticks and guards of tortoiseshell, Great Britain, late 18th century. Pleated paper fan, painted on the front in water-colours with a racing scene, showing jockeys on horseback racing, and male and female mounted spectators. In the foreground are two boys with a dog. The leaf has a gilded edge. The back is plain. The sticks are undecorated tortoiseshell. The guards are a narrow triangular shape with rounded shoulders, and are carved tortoiseshell, with a spray of flowers on a hatched ground and gilded in places. The rivets are metal with tortoiseshell studs. Tortoise shell, vellum, water-colour and gilt.
Title: Pleated paper fan, painted on the front in water-colours with a racing scene, sticks and guards of tortoiseshell, Great Britain, late 18th century. Pleated paper fan, painted on the front in water-colours with a racing scene, showing jockeys on horseback
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Pleated paper fan, painted on the front in water-colours with a racing scene, sticks and guards of tortoiseshell, Great Britain, late 18th century.
Pleated paper fan, painted on the front in water-colours with a racing scene, showing jockeys on horseback racing, and male and female mounted spectators.
In the foreground are two boys with a dog.
The leaf has a gilded edge.
The back is plain.
The sticks are undecorated tortoiseshell.
The guards are a narrow triangular shape with rounded shoulders, and are carved tortoiseshell, with a spray of flowers on a hatched ground and gilded in places.
The rivets are metal with tortoiseshell studs.
Tortoise shell, vellum, water-colour and gilt.
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