A 20th Century Fan in fontange form, the cream cotton painted with a big, blousy poppy and...
A 20th Century Fan in fontange form, the cream cotton painted with a big, blousy poppy and light green leaves. The monture, of simply shaped wood sticks painted white, is also silvered. Mounted à l'Anglaise, the verso is plain. Together with A Cockade Advertising Fan for Melins Food, "untouched by hand" the recto with a charming portrait of a young mother and her blonde haired daughter, the lower half with stylised lilies; A Folding Fan with simple monture and double paper leaf, advertising "Chocolats Royat" and listing locations for the shops, the recto then showing scenes from these locations, including Lyon and Vichy; and Another Fan advertising Nestlé chocolate (4)