Wednesday, December 30, 2009

A Lovely Present From Aunt Louise

Queen Victoria's aunt, Queen Louise of Belgium, bought her this beautiful fan which was once owned by Marie Antoinette.

Wouldn't it be good to have an aunt who is a queen or a princess? The presents would be so much better!

3 comments:

Passages to the Past said...

That is gorgeous!!!

May said...

Thanks for this post! How charming.

Viola said...

Thank you very much, Amy and Matterhorn. I'd love to own a fan like this!

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