Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Hand Painted Silk Fan Silver Pique Bone Monture c1775 c.1600s tooth scale tools with an

tooth scale tools with an ear wax spoon on one end

this is how a trainee (apprentice) advanced and was given more skill instruction and experience

It was not uncommon for a young woman or man to leave their family home

An open tuxedo

so you can see what it might once have looked like

Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Hand Painted Silk Fan Silver Pique Bone Monture c1775 c.1600s tooth scale tools with anFine Louis XVI Period French Hand Painted Silk Fan Paris, Circa 17751785 A refined late 18th century French fan, retaining its original hand painted silk leaf and finely worked bone monture. The 14 cm leaf (28 cm across when open) depicts a charming pastoral fte galante scene two elegantly dressed ladies attended by a gentleman, a lute resting nearby. The powdered coiffures and soft rose gown place it firmly in the later Louis XVI period, just prior