7th Dec, 2018 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
  Lot 50
 

50

An Early 20th Century Carved and Pierced Bone Fan, the double leaf mounted à la Sultane, silk...

An Early 20th Century Carved and Pierced Bone Fan, the double leaf mounted à la Sultane, silk panels painted with flowers between the sticks, bobbin lace for the top border. The verso, of silk, is painted with simple colourful flowers. Together with a Jenny Lind or Palmette fan, the bone monture carved and pierced, gilded and silvered, the leaf panels punched with various floral patterns, and gilded, the tips particularly detailed, and a late 19th century bone fan, the monture quite plain save for unusual tips to the guards and the ribs. The cream silk leaf, mounted à l'Anglaise, is painted in a pale eau de Nil with a spray of roses and foliage. Guard lengths 20. cm, 27cm and 27cm respectively (3)

Sold for £50
Estimated at £50 - £100


 

Both guards broken one inner stick stuck to the lower guard. Brown staining to the top border of the verso. The jenny Lind lacks top panels to both guards and sticks are stuck. Several leaf panels are damaged. The silvering is dull. The third fan is in good strong condition.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 7th Dec, 2018

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