Pretty Hand-painted Folding Hand Fan of Miss Fanny Allen, Gifted in 1872 Japanese lacquer box with coasters Other than the fading

Other than the fading

lower the hydrometer into it until it floats

which suggests a postage stamp

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

of course is easy to remove if one prefer to put something more personal in its place

Pretty Hand-painted Folding Hand Fan of Miss Fanny Allen, Gifted in 1872 Japanese lacquer box with coasters Other than the fadingI 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