Antique French Vernis Martin Romantic Era Revival Hand Painted Bone Fan, 17 cm Guards c.1820-1830 carved game hens breaks or repairs that I

breaks or repairs that I can see to the figures

and accented in raised gold enamel

which I had intentionally kept due to his importance

Hinge and clasp are each working perfectly

Queen Victoria's daughters

Antique French Vernis Martin Romantic Era Revival Hand Painted Bone Fan, 17 cm Guards c.1820-1830 carved game hens breaks or repairs that IFine post Napoleon Era 16. 5cm Vernis Martin hand fan, c. 1820. About every 80 100 years or so, styles seem to go through a revival, and such was true of the old c. 1750s French Romantic Era Vernis Martin fans. The Vernis Martin manner of decoration was a favorite of Marie Antoinette, and was a layering of paint and varnish developed by the Brothers Martin, ever after referred to simply as "Vernis Martin". This recreation of those earlier fans would