Pretty Hand-painted Folding Hand Fan of Miss Fanny Allen, Gifted in 1872 antique wood box In addition to listing this

In addition to listing this sketchbook here

with some minor rusting around the edges

with a spatter of orange paint on the sides for extra flourish

it would be great for holding eggs

Pretty Hand-painted Folding Hand Fan of Miss Fanny Allen, Gifted in 1872 antique wood box In addition to listing thisI found this and two other antique hand fans together, and might guess they were all once part of Miss Fanny Allen's collection, to whom this hand painted one, Japanese I believe, was gifted in 1872 (handwritten in ink along the far left edge.) I really like its elegant simplicity, with one gold square painted with a bird and flower, and one silver with deep blue lilies and green stalks. The reverse is plain, the sticks ribs are bamboo, and it holds