AUSTRIAN FOLDING FAN, MANUFACTURED BY RODECK BROTHERS, FAMOUS FAN MAKERS IN WIEN.THIS EXEMPLAR BELONGS TO A RANGE OF MODELS ON GREAT FASHION IN THE 1880'S, PRODUCED FOR THE NOBLE FAMILIES OF THE PERIOD. (SEE THE ALMOST IDENTICAL EXEMPLAR OWNED BY THE TURN UND TAXIS, REPRODUCED ON THE CATALOGUE "EVENTAILS XVII, PAGE 28). MY FAN HAS DOUBLE LEAF, RECTO OF SILK, VERSO OF COTTON, AND A HAND-PAINTED MONOGRAM ( "MB" WITH COUNTESS CROWN), WHICH IMITATES THE PATTERN OF THE FABRIC.This monogram must be referred to Sibell Lilian Blunt-Mackenzie, 3 Countess of Cromartie, who married Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Walter Blunt (1869-1949), son of Walter Blunt, at its time younger son of the second Baronet Major General Charles Harris Blunt (1825-1900). MAHOGANY PIERCED STICKS WITH FLOWERS AND INSECTS, IN JAPANESE STYLE. THE GUARD-STICKS ARE WORN UP WITH SILVER, SUCH AS THE LOOP. ORIGINAL TRICOLOR RIBBON, RED BLACK AND WHITE ( GERMAN EMPIRE FLAG FROM 1871 TO 1918). ORIGINAL BOX. UNDER THE BASE THERE IS A HAND-WRITTEN NAME: KIRL BLUNT. 1890 CA. CM.32. MAX SPREAD CM.60. STICKS 11 + 2.