ENGLISH FOLDING FAN. SILK DOUBLE LEAF WITH THREE SILK MEDALLIONS PRINTED WITH AN OLD PROCESS, SAID “MASKING”, PRIOR TO SERIGRAPH .THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY SEQUINS AND  WITH A METAL THREAD. THERE ARE ALSO SMALL CAMEOS IN WEDGWOOD STYLE AND RACEMES IN  NEOCLASSICAL STYLE. THE CENTRAL CARTOUCHE IS THE EXACT REPRODUCTION, ALTHOUGH REVERSED,  OF  ANGELICA KAUFFMANN ‘S "CORNELIA MOTHER OF THE GRACCHI" . THE ONE AT LEFT IS ENTITLED "WOMEN WITH CHILD BOARDS ON A SHIP" ORIGINAL PAINTING BY WILLIAM HAMILTON, ENGRAVING SAMUEL ROBERT MARCUARD STUDENT OF BARTOLOZZI, 1784. THE CARTOUCHE RIGHT HAND, IS AN ALLEGORY FROM A  GIOVAN BATTISTA CIPRIANI’S PAINTING  OWNED BY W. PALMER AND ENGRAVED BY RS MARCUARD IN 1784. GIOVAN BATTISTA CIPRIANI WAS A FLORENTINE PAINTER WHO COMPLETED HIS TRAINING IN ROME AND MOVED TO LONDON IN 1755. IN SOME PARTS ONE CAN SEE WRININGS AT THE MOMENT  NOT DECIPHERABLE. THE STICKS ARE IN IVORY WITH SILVER DAMASCENE, WHILE THE GUARDS, VERY RARE AND PARTICULAR, ARE STEEL. VERSO IS WITHOUT DECORATIONS. ABOUT 1785/90. CM. 28.5 x 52. STICKS 14+2