V RARE Early 19th Century French 16k-17k Gold-Mounted Brisé Fan c. 1810–1820, Jeweled and Hand Painted Vellum Leaf Leather Case 1860-1900)

V RARE Early 19th Century French 16k-17k Gold-Mounted Brisé Fan c. 1810–1820, Jeweled and Hand Painted Vellum Leaf Leather Case 1860-1900)A rare and highly refined French bris fan of the Empire Restoration period, c. 1810 20, executed with substantial gold mounted guards ornamented in finely worked repouss and beadwork relief, inset with red stones testing as garnets or amethyst and tiny round gems which test as emerald, in the period taste. The fan retains its original hand painted leaf, executed in gouache on vellum, depicting an allegorical classical scene within an idyllic

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