25th Jul, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

 
  Lot 323
 

323

A Rare Late 18th Century Ivory Fan, the leaf of vellum mounted à l'anglaise, the guards and sticks

A Rare Late 18th Century Ivory Fan, the leaf of vellum mounted à l'anglaise, the guards and sticks inlaid with lightly engraved metal, now dull. The leaf, with three large octagonal vignettes, depicts at the centre The Three Marys at the Sepulchre. To the left, a man and child next to a tree, the man holding a dagger, an angel aloft, being the sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham, and to the right, Christ being lifted down after the Crucifixion, a notice in Latin above proclaiming him to be King of the Jews. All three vignettes are surrounded by garlands of flowers and ribbons in pastel colours. The verso, en camaieu, pink, depicts chickens outdoors. Guard length 28cm

Sold for £2,600
Estimated at £800 - £1,200


 

Quite clean, repair to left guard. Good colour.

 


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Auction: Blackborne Collection - Part 2, 25th Jul, 2018

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

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