Description: Fan with 17 wood sticks painted black, which is decorated on black silk with handpainted flowers and insects. The fan was sold at Amhurst Auction Galleries, June 12, 1976, as part of the estate of Mary W. (Mollie) Wells of Deerfield, the great grand daughter of Augustus Wells (1798-1861)), the eldest surviving son of Samuel Wells and Esther Arms Wells of Deerfield, and Miranda Wells.
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