A very decorative fan c 1900 – 1910, the shiny pale pink Mother of Pearl gilded, the cream gauze leaf mounted à l’Anglaise, the reserves delicately painted with tiny blue and white flowers, enclosing a central cartouche and two side vignettes, each bordered with iridescent and tiny gold sequins, two ladies reading letters in the centre, rural scenes to the sides, a matching sequin border to the upper leaf, guard approx. 8.25 inches or 21cm