25th Jul, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

 
  Lot 328
 

328

Aphrodite Ipdated?: A Mid-19th Century White Mother-of-Pearl Fan, the monture pierced and...

Aphrodite Ipdated?: A Mid-19th Century White Mother-of-Pearl Fan, the monture pierced and carved and clouté with steel. The double silk leaf is embroidered with silver sequins, the central painted scene perhaps leaning towards a more modern depiction of Aphrodite, with a lady, helped by a gentleman, descending from her gilded carriage, and a lady to her right accompanied by a winged cherub who is riding a white swan. Cherubs, making flower garlands, are airborne to the left, where a third lady, a cherub seated at her feet holding a tray of refreshments, is passing roses for the garlands. The verso is plain. Guard length 27cm; and A Circa 1880's Plain Tortoiseshell Fan, with a double fabric leaf, the cream silk showing signs of previously being the base for a lace fan leaf. Brown stones to the rivet, simple metal loop. The verso is plain. Guard length 27.5cm (2)

Sold for £30
Estimated at £40 - £60


 

Fan 1 - light foxing to the leaf. The monture is badly broken, one guard broken but present, as are parts, but perhaps not all, of the other broken sticks. Fan 2 - Staining to verso.

 


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

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

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