25th Jul, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

 
  Lot 332
 

332

The Flower Girl: A Large Circa 1890's Bone Fan, the guards and sticks simply pierced, slightly more

The Flower Girl: A Large Circa 1890's Bone Fan, the guards and sticks simply pierced, slightly more detail to the upper guard. The cream gauze leaf shows a flower girl, with a tray of colourful blossoms, dressed in light Spring colours. The leaf has a light and airy border of pink and lemon flowers. The verso is plain. Simple gold metal loop. Guard length 32.5cm; and A Circa 1890's Large Wooden Fan, the sticks painted and gilded on the gorge. The light brown gauze leaf is painted with a simple spray of unusual flowers and foliage, the leaves quite dark and shaded, the spikey flowers ginger, orange and yellow, the buds tipped with deep red. The verso is plain. Guard length 35cm. Together with a black silk-covered fan box (2)

Sold for £40
Estimated at £70 - £100


 

Fan 1 - nothing noted. Fan 2 - Some small stains near the top edge of the leaf, the leaf is lifting at the bottom right corner. One stick is loose.

 


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

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

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