ITALIAN FOLDING FAN. DOUBLE PAPER LEAF, LITHOGRAPHED AND HAND-PAINTED. ON VERSO THE PERSONAGES ARE IN TRADITIONAL NEAPOLITAN COSTUMES. ON THE BACKGROUND THE VESUVIO. BELOW LEFT WE CAN READ THE WRITING R.C.V.X.525. PIERCED AND CARVED IVORY STICKS, WITH FIVE HAND-PAINTED CARTOUCHES WITH CHINOISERIES, FRUITS, FLOWERS AND INSECTS, AND APPLICATIONS OF ALIOTHIS AND TROCHIS. THE BACK OF THE STICKS IS BICHROMATIC, TO BE LOOKED AGAINST THE LIGHT. THE STICKS' SIDE AND PEAK, WHEN THEY ARE CLOSED, ARE CARVED TO CREATE A PARTICULAR PATTERN. MOP BUTTON. 1840 CA. FOR THE LEAF. EARLY 1700 FOR THE STICKS. CM 26,5. MAX SPREAD CM 45. STICKS 20+2.