20th Nov, 2020 12:00 GMT/BST

Fans & Fancies - Online auction

 
  Lot 5105
 

5105

A 19th Century Wood Brisé Fan, with colourful applied printed panels showing the costumes of...

A 19th Century Wood Brisé Fan, with colourful applied printed panels showing the costumes of the Swiss cantons. The dark wood monture, with varnished guards, is pierced in bands, the inner tips shaped for the painted blazons belonging to the cantons. The verso is plain. Together with Another Wood Brisé Fan, the tips shaped, the guards varnished, the centre painted with pink and yellow roses and buds, green leaves and blue forget-me-nots. Finally, A Folding Paper Advertising Fan for Tobler's, Swiss Milk Chocolate, the paper leaf mounted on a simple frame, shaped bamboo sticks for the gorge and lacquered guards with light silvering. The recto shows the advertising on a shaded background, amidst colourful lilies, and cornflowers. The verso is plain (3)

Sold for £60
Estimated at £80 - £120


 

. Both brises are slightly rubbed/scratched, and ribbons need attention. The Swiss brisé ha so traces of glue centrally, an attempt at repair.The folding fan has splits to the folds, and some age marking to one corner on the verso.

 


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Auction: Fans & Fancies - Online auction, 20th Nov, 2020

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