Curious and Unusual 1865 American Civil War Paper Hand Fan tool caddy but it's a bit hard

but it's a bit hard to tell

perhaps on the wall right about the cat dish

There are a few  samples missing but almost all of them are here

carved from a clothes pin I believe

is sumptuous

Curious and Unusual 1865 American Civil War Paper Hand Fan tool caddy but it's a bit hardI purchased this fan from my favorite rare book seller, not knowing quite what to make of it, but finding it quite an interesting, unusual and striking looking thing. I am not enough of a Civil War expert to unpack it, but I am pretty certain the choice of blue ink for the printing connects it the Union, while the serpent at the center of the fan represents the Confederacy. It seems possible, with numbers 1 7 along the left side, that it makes