Fan
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Lace, Mother-of-pearl [pinctada maxima]
Measurements
366 mm (Length)47 mm (H)396 mm (W)45 mm (D)
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Greenway, Devon
NT 121633.1
Summary
Brussels Point de Gaze lace fan in original box, initialled M.M., probably Margaret Miller, 1893, the leaf elaborately worked with a lady on a swing espied by cherubs above, cupid to one side. The mother-of-pearl sticks and guards pierced with tracery of gold and silver blossoms, the outer cardboard box inscribed, 'with best love and wishes for many happy returns' 1893, Your loving son......'. Introduced to the Property by Agatha Christie Mallowan.