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Ivory Cockade Brisé fan OPERA GLASSES AND SPYGLASSES spyglass fan 1810 ivory overall: 23 x 255 x 180 mm
Ivory cockade brisé fan, with two pierced handles (with fenestrated ends). Fairly plain sticks with some pierced decoration. Spyglass in central pivot.
1999.897
BOA Purchase, 1937
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