Kat Max, is that goldsmith work on the fan? Or just gold paint? And am I actually seeing small diamonds?
The faberge fan is gold, enamel and diamonds. Faberge did quite a lot of fans over the years. Most of the fans have wonderful sticks with leaves that do not match the quality of the sticks. There are some exceptions to this, but I'm often disspointed by faberge fans when I see them open.
This is an earlier fan - mid 19th century by Faberge in gold and enamel
Fan with Fabergé Guard, Mikhail Perkhin, 1899-1904
jewelled fan -MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903
The royal collection in the UK has two faberge fans. Queen Mary was an avid collector of good quality fans.
Many people think all jewelled fans are faberge, but this is not true, they were made by many jewellers and examples can be found as far back as the 18th century. The jewelled guard sticks make them very heavy to carry though and they were more for display than actual use as a cooling object.
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