Lot n° 90
Estimation :
300 - 400
EUR
"L'Espérance renaît, Châtelaine si belle", circa 1880 - Lot 90
"L'Espérance renaît, Châtelaine si belle", circa 1880
Folded fan, the double sheet in ochre silk painted with four loves holding phylacteries on which are written verses addressed to a young woman: "The charming prestige of your young years/ Has suddenly transformed my after destinies/ Memory of combat or bitter pain/ Hope reborn chatelaine so beautiful/ To erase the affront that the virgin made me".
The reverse features three views of castles.
Mounted in undecorated burgau mother-of-pearl.
Gilded metal clasp.
H.t. 27.5 cm - H.f. 13.9 cm
(stains, wear, missing number on rear plume)
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