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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 225175, member: 2844&quot;]I certainly am.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your fan dates from the second half of the 19th century, possibly even ca. 1900.</p><p>They started making these 18th century-inspired fans ca. 1845, but judging from the style of painting this one is much later. But still antique.</p><p>The tiny round silver beads are simply called sequins, they were put on fans for evening wear, because they would reflect candlelight beautifully. It doesn&#039;t matter that much that there are a few missing.</p><p>The early sequins were tiny solid discs, the later sequins were more like modern ones, with a hole in the centre. Here is an example of the early sequins, on a ca. 1810 Dutch blonde horn brisé fan. As you can see, a few are missing on this one too. The blue sequin is a modern one, just for comparison.[ATTACH=full]67166[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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