27th Jun, 2019 11:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
Lot 2022
 

2022

La Nation, La Loi Le Roi: A Rare French Printed Fan, with a hand coloured scene of four members...

La Nation, La Loi Le Roi: A Rare French Printed Fan, with a hand coloured scene of four members of the nobility around a table, playing piquet. Close to the table is a plaque with the words "La Nation, La Loi, Le Roi, a Phrygian cap atop the pole, and a pink ribbon above with wording printed rather indistinctly perhaps "Le ?uet National". The players consist of Le Prince de Conde, le Compte D'Artois and Mirabeau-Tonneau, the fourth player perhaps being the king, in robes and fur. To the sides, eight verses of a song originating from their conversation about diplomacy and the Constitution, to be performed to the Air "Le Piquet m'est agreeable". France c 1788.
Guard length 11 inches of 28cm.

Provenance: the collection of the late Dr Paul van Saanen.
Mirabeau-Tonneau (translated as "the wine barrel," and note that the character to the left is seated on such a barrel), was Andre-Boniface-Louis, Vicomte de Mirabeau (1754 to 1792), the brother of the great orator, the son of the economist, and one of the leading Royalists in the Assemblée

Sold for £450
Estimated at £300 - £600


 

. Generally in good order.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 27th Jun, 2019

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