A slender 18th century fan with Mother of Pearl monture, the guards extensively carved and pierced with floral designs, silvered and gilded, the gorge in similar but more simple fashion, the double paper leaf painted with a pastoral scene with several couples wearing fine costume the verso depicting a solitary lady perhaps waiting for her beau, contained in a period coffin fan box lined with blue paper, an indistinct signature in ink inside, guard length approx. 10.5 inches or 26.5cm.