9th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
  Lot 2113
 

2113

A Large Circa 1890's Pink Mother-of-Pearl Fan, the monture carved and pierced, gilded and silvered.

A Large Circa 1890's Pink Mother-of-Pearl Fan, the monture carved and pierced, gilded and silvered. The double silk leaf, with black ground, is painted with a game of blindfold in the grounds of a country house, one gentleman in fine 18th century costume clutching the waist of a serving maid, another bewigged gentleman observing, whilst an elegant lady in pink observes from a distance and a male servant hides behind a bush. Signed Morjaret (?). Guard length 12.75 inches or 32.5cm. Together with Two Further Large Fans, one of ruby silk satin painted boldly with a magpie, the double leaf backed with black silk and mounted onto black wooden sticks, 19th century. Guard length 15 inches or 38cm; and the third fan a later and lighter fan with a wooden monture painted in pale pink with silver detail, the pink gauze leaf bordered with pink machine lace, the central feature painted with a young lady strolling by a riverbank and reading a book. Guard length 14 inches or 35.5cm (3)

Sold for £110
Estimated at £70 - £100


 

The lower guard of the mother of pearl fan is broken in the upper section. Slight rubbing to the paint on the recto. Slight split noted to one inner fold. The black backing on the magpie fan is lacking a thin section to the verso at one side, and the pink gauze on the third fan has been reinforced across three folds from behind.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 9th Mar, 2019

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