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| Hand Fan Presented to Queen Victoria by Prince Albert, circa 1850 |
Queen Victoria once favored this painted paper fan with carved and gilded mother-of-pearl sticks and guards.
The fan was a gift to the Queen from Prince Albert circa 1850. The obverse boasts a central cartouche which has been hand-painted with a lush scene of a lady with a sewing box. Flanking this are two pastoral scenes and symmetrical ovoid-roundels painted with floral scenes.
The verso is painted with an elegant and delicate depiction of flowers and a butterfly with Rococo tendencies.
The guards terminate in a metal pin set with a diamond paste.
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