Pretty Hand-painted Folding Hand Fan of Miss Fanny Allen, Gifted in 1872 Japanese lacquer box with coasters but it bears a strong

but it bears a strong resemblance to many antique Turkish embroidered textiles I have found

lower the hydrometer into it until it floats

There is little chipping

Some wear to the box but structural sound

I believe this dates to the 1920s or so and is a pretty classic one

Pretty Hand-painted Folding Hand Fan of Miss Fanny Allen, Gifted in 1872 Japanese lacquer box with coasters but it bears a strongI found this and two other antique hand fans together, and might guess they were all once part of Miss Fanny Allen's collection, to whom this hand painted one, Japanese I believe, was gifted in 1872 (handwritten in ink along the far left edge.) I really like its elegant simplicity, with one gold square painted with a bird and flower, and one silver with deep blue lilies and green stalks. The reverse is plain, the sticks ribs are bamboo, and it holds