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Ivory Cockade Brisé Fan
OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES
spyglass fan
Europe: France
c.1810
ivory; enamel
overall (open): 245 x 180 mm

Cockade brisé fan with two handles of pierced ivory and a coloured enamel design on upper third depicting two women against a classical outdoor scene. Single-draw spyglass in central pivot.


1999.881

BOA Purchase, 1935



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