Name The Mystery Object

Here’s a little fun, can you guess what this is?

Find out after the jump!

If you guessed it was a fan, well done, you get to sit at the top of the class!

Mourning fans are part of the popular memorial industry of the late 19th Century.

Functional and practical, many fans have deteriorated over the years, but the example from Barbara Robbins depicts a beautiful scene and is in beautiful condition.

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