Christie’s roundel
Lot 1197

AN ART NOUVEAU WATERCOLOR AND DIAMOND HAND FAN

Closed21 October 2009

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AN ART NOUVEAU WATERCOLOR AND DIAMOND HAND FAN
Designed as a collapsible hand fan, the 18k gold sticks decorated at the center with a pierced rose-cut diamond symbol of the city of Paris, the guard sticks trimmed with rose-cut diamonds, extending a double-sided paper leaf, depicting a view of the Seine from Pont Alexandre III, the reverse depicting the Petit Palais and the Grand Palais, mounted in 18k gold, circa 1900, 12 5/8 x 18 1/8 ins., with French assay marks and maker's marks, in an Exposition Universelle green leather fitted case
Signed Loir Luigi