Folding Fan

Marriage Fan

Wedding Fan.

Mother of pearl sticks, carved with 3 medallions. In the center a young couple stand before an altar on which is a cupid, while another cupid is seated below. At right and left of this medallion above are 2 small medallions with doves descending and above these 2 cupid. This piece occupies 4 central sticks. At either side, are two sticks containing 3 panels. In the upper one is a floral design; in the center shells and cora, and in the lower love trophies. Next stick at either side occupied by a pandel containing an altar between 2 cupids, each holding a torch and wreath. At right and left above, 2 medallions with portraits of man and woman. Below the altar is a Roman Cross. The last stick at either side has three panels; the center of each contains a pair of doves kissing and each of the others a sea shell. The right guard has on the upper half a carved medallion containg a youth; above this a cupid and below a dove. On the lower half is a medallion contain a pair of flaming hearts with a cupd above and a pair of doves below. The left guard is the same except that the figure in the upper medallion is that of a maiden. The lower half of the design on the guards is repeated on the reverse guards.

A leaf of vellum with watercolor painting of a Grecian wedding ceremony. At right of this panel is a small medallion containing an altar in cameo framed in a wreath of gold. At the left a similar cameo with a pair of doves.