Princess Alexandra's Danish fan
1863Carved and pierced ivory with applied gold; gold pin with turquise head | 25.4 cm (guardstick) | RCIN 25033
This finely carved fan was a wedding present to Princess Alexandra of Denmark from a group of Danish ladies. The decoration includes two conjoined As, the first initials of both the bride and the groom, Alexandra and Albert Edward. Appropriately the pin of the fan is set with turquoise, the birthstone for December, the month of Princess Alexandra’s birth, as well as being symbolic of true love.