The four elements An octagonal, hand-cut paper canivet showing the four elements in four openwork medallions, with a windmill symbolising wind, a fireplace and lightning for fire, earth symbolised by a mound of flowers and water by a fountain. Marked "les 4 éléments" and "découpé au canif par Delahaye ainé, ferblantier à Marseille en 1800 - 8". H. 21.5 cm - W. 15.8 cm (as seen) 19th century Canivet laminated at the top on a cardboard, folding and small missing parts.