The Ironic Porcelain Fan

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Complexion Fans/Hand Screens with Lithophanes:
Lithophane, Francis I, mounted as a complexion fan/Hand screen German, 19th century marked 493 Lithophane 5.75” x 4”, with frame and handle 9.25” x 7.25” Blair Museum Acc. No. 381
Lithophane, Badende Kinder, mounted as a complexion fan/Hand screen German, 19th century marked PPM 83 lithophane height 7.625” x 6” with frame and handle 16.5” x 6.25” Blair Museum Acc. No. 412
Lithophane, Die heilige Dreifaltigkeit, mounted as a complexion fan/Hand screen German, 19th century marked PPM 243 Lithophane height, 8” x 5.5”, with frame and handle 17” x 6” Blair Museum Acc. No. 752
Lithophane mounted as a complexion Fan/Hand Screen in paper cardboard frame French, 19th century marked AdT Lithophane 3.625” x 2.5” Frame 9.625” x 7.5”, handle length 8.25” On loan from Sandy Melnikoff Photo by Paul Simeone
Lithophane mounted as a complexion Fan/Hand Screen in paper cardboard frame French, 19th century marked AdT Lithophane 3.625” x 2.5” Frame 9.625” x 7.5”, handle length 8.25” On loan from Sandy Melnikoff Photo by Paul Simeone
Lithophane, Jacob und Rebecca, mounted in a Complexion Fan/Hand screen German, 19th century marked KPM 313 N Lithophane 5.75” x 4.5” with mahogany wood frame and handle, overall length 13” On loan from Connie Scott Photo by John Scott
Lithophanes including images of personal fans, folding or Hand Screens:
L’Algerienne Lithophane plaque German, 19th century 10.85” x 14” marked KPM 268 St. Blair Museum Acc. No. 1047
Night Light with Geisha and Hand Screen Blair Museum Acc. No. 1870 marked Nakajima 3603 Bussan Kaisha, Ltd. Japan, late 19th or early 20th century
Die Coquetten Colored Lithophane plaque German, 19th century H: 7” W: 5-5/8” marked PPM 514 Blair Museum Acc. No. 1025
Lady hiding behind fan with man in railway car, while conductor peaks in Lithophane plaque German, 19th century H: 5-5/8” W: 7” marked PPM 818 Blair Museum Acc. No. 1647
Personal Fans: Hand Screens made of other than Porcelain:
Fire Screen, Hand-held English or American, 19th century, 1830-1850 folded paper, gilt paper, paint, bone metal On loan from Bruce and Susan Greene accession no. 2005.081
Fire Screens, Pair English or American, 19th century, 1825-1850 cardboard, paper, paint, wood On loan from Bruce and Susan Greene Accession no. 89.255
Fire Screen, Hand-held English, 19th century, ca. 1840 lacquered papiér maché with mother of pearl inlaid, wood Museum Purchase
Works on Paper:
Engraving, depicting Jacob and Rebecca, 19th century Archives, Blair Museum of Lithophanes
Hashiguchi Goyo Studio Reprint after design by Utamaro (1753-1805), Beauty with Fan, circa 1920 woodblock print On loan from the Toledo Museum of Art, Gift in Honor of Dr. and Mrs. B.E. Douglass, 2009
Hashiguchi Goyo Studio Reprint after design by Utamaro (1735-1805), Beauty with Landscape Fan, circa 1920 woodblock print On loan from the Toledo Museum of Art, Gift in Honor of Dr. and Mrs. B.E. Douglass, 2009
Japanese fan panel: Blossoming Plum Branch, 19th century watercolor on gold ground On loan from the Toledo Museum of Art Gift of H.A. Fee

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