Antique French Hand Painted Vernis Martin 16cm Brisé Hand Fan, Romantic Era c.1700s Manner, c.1895-1905. travel case which I really do need

which I really do need to do

both in wonderful condition and full of decorative potential

don't miss it

the anchor and steering pole and fin are all in place

not surprising given the hand made nature of the pieces

Antique French Hand Painted Vernis Martin 16cm Brisé Hand Fan, Romantic Era c.1700s Manner, c.1895-1905. travel case which I really do needElegant in a decorative manner of the 1700s, Marie Antoinette's favorite if historians are to be believed, the layered oil painting and varnish first created by the Brothers Martin. The process is simply referred to ever afterward as "Vernis Martin". You can see why M A loved it. Sumptuous, all over decorative paintings on both sides, usually in the French Romanticist manner of artists like Boucher, Fragonard outdoor love and courtship scenes. The