FRENCH FOLDING FAN. DOUBLE LEAF; THE RECTO,PROBABLY IN GOUACHE PAINTED SWAN SKIN, REPRESENTS A MUSICAL MOMENT OF COUNTRY LIFE AFTER F. BOUCHER (SEE THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT: "THE NEST" - 1740, PENDANT OF "THE DELIGHTS OF RURAL LIFE"). THE VERSO, IN PAPER, REPRESENTS AVALON ISLE (OR GLASS ISLE) THE CENTRAL BUILDING MAY BE GLASTONBURY TOR, WHICH WAS CONSIDERED HADES LORD'S HOUSE. THEY SAY THAT JOSEPH OF ARIMATEA BURIED THERE HOLY GRAAL AND AN ETERNAL YOUTH SOURCE GUSHED OUT FROM. CHALICE WELL WAS BROUGHT IN THE  MIDDLE OF XVIII CENTURY. STICKS ARE IN INLAYED, PIERCED PAINTED AND GOLD INCRUSTED IVORY. THE GUARD STICKS HAVE THE BASE IN PAINTED MOTHER OF PEARL. THE  CASE HAS AN HOLLOW SPACE WITH A COMEDY PAGE REPRESENTED IN  VERSAILLES AT 1787, SO IT DOESN'T OWN TO THE FAN, WHICH IS OF 1750. CM 46 x 27