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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 16090, member: 25&quot;]The top one does not seem to have the tiny flecks that indicate bone. Often the guards of ivory fans will show a scarf (shallow sloping) joint at leaf level, where they have made do with two smaller pieces of the expensive material. </p><p><br /></p><p>That one does appear to be early, but the relic condition makes it shed material in my book.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fans seem to have grown during the 19th C. </p><p><br /></p><p>The middle one has what I think is a mechanically reproduced design on the sticks (look for repetition of tiny details of the design) and with the scumbled (painted) tortoise effect indicate we are into the age of much faking up stuff to look a lot more expensive than it was, so I&#039;d say that one is earlyish 20th C.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are probably right about the third but the little inlaid pieces are something I have not seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am no expert on fans, and all this may be more or less nonsense.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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