More information on the fan can be found in "Facher spigelbilder ihrer Zeit" by Marie-Luise und Gunter Barisch, 2003
Here are some other jewelled fans to enjoy. Not all jewelled fans are connected to royalty but this should give you a taste for what can be found hiding mostly in private collections.
1838 fan of Empress Marie wife Alexander II of Russia
In the 1830s it was popular to have brise fans (only sticks strung together) and have richly jewelled guard sticks. Here's a sample of this style.
These fans are from the Sotheby's Thurn und Taxis Collection sale in 1992.
Sold SF33,000
(1) An ostrich feather fan with jewelled mounts made by Peter Rath, Munich c1890. Old cut diamonds the front incoporating the initial M the reverse with a princely crown. The "M" stands for Furstin Margaete von Thurn un Taxis (1870-1955).
Sold SF14,300
(2) A jewelled fan with two colour gold mounts and set with turquoise, emerald and diamond clusters. Probably German c1890
Princess Margaret and her daughter Princess Elizabeth Helen, later Markafin von Meissen 1915. The fan she is holding is photographed above.
A lace fan with jewelled gold mounts, Mellero dits Meller, Paris c1896
Applied with the monogram DM below a french royal crown and fleurs de lys. The back decorated with the french royal emblem. The initials on the fan are for Arch Duchess Maria Doretha of Austria, Royal princess of Hungary and Bohemia. (1867-1932). She married in Vienna in 1896 philippe Duke of Orleans (1869-1926). The fan was commissioned by the royalists of Orne commemorates the marriage and the lace leaf incorporates both the arms of Bourbon and Hapsburg.
This fan is showing the reverse side. It is now in the Barisch collection in Germany. https://faechermuseum.de/
Sold SF44,000
Art Nouveau watercolour and diamond hand fan c1900
18k gold sticks with rose cut diamonds signed Loir Luigi
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