RARE FOLDING FAN,  PROBABLY FRENCH, WITH A THERMOMETER ON THE PRINCIPAL GUARD-STICK. HAND-PAINTED CABRETILLE DOUBLE LEAF . THE FRONT HAS THREE RESERVES THAT DESCRIBE A THEME DEAR  BY ALWAYS TO ANCIENT CLASSICS: THE UNION BETWEEN THE TROJAN WOMEN AND OTHER PEOPLES, AT THE ORIGIN OF NEW IMPORTANT RACES. ARISTOTLE, AND THEN DIONIGI, FESTO AND OTHERS, ALWAYS TELL THE STORY OF THE TROJAN SLAVES WOMEN THAT, TIRED OF WANDERING, GIVE  FIRE TO VESSELS ON WHICH THEY WERE CARRIED. THIS EPISODE IS PLACED AT THE ORIGIN OF THE FOUNDATION OF VARIOUS CITIES 'AMONG WHICH ROME, WHICH COULD TAKE ITS NAME FROM THE TROJAN SLAVE RHOME, OR NEAR CROTONE, WHERE, BETWEEN THE TROJAN WOMEN, THERE WERE THREE SISTERS OF PRIAMO: AYTHILLA, ASTIOCHE AND METESICASTE. EXAMPLES MIGHT STILL BE A LOT, AND FOR THESE PLEASE SEE THE BOOK " TRAFFICI FOCEI DI ETA’ ARCADICA " BY LUCA ANTONELLI. THE HISTORY REPRESENTED IN THE CENTRAL  MEDAILLON MAY THEREFORE HAVE AS CHARACTERS HELEN AND PARIS, OR AENEAS AND DIDO ( IN THIS CASE THE OLD MAN IS ANCHISE), OR METESICASTA.  AT LEFT, PERHAPS, THE CONSPIRACY OF THE TROJAN WOMEN BEFORE STARTING THE FIRE. AT RIGHT THE CONCLUSION OF THE STORY WITH THE FIRE OF SHIPS.  MOTHER OF PEARL STICKS INLAID  WITH SILVER AND GOLD DAMASCENED. RED STONES SET IN RIVET, MAYBE TOURMALINES. ORIGINAL TASSEL. ABOUT 1860. CM. 26.5 x 51.5. STICKS 16 + 2