23rd May, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

 
  Lot 52
 

52

The Proposal: An 18th Century Ivory Fan, with wide upper guards, both carved with a figure and...

The Proposal: An 18th Century Ivory Fan, with wide upper guards, both carved with a figure and a classical urn, the monture silvered and gilded, carved and pierced. The gorge sticks have oval features of differing sizes, each spread over two adjacent sticks. The double paper leaf shows a couple out in the countryside, under a tree, the man down on one knee, reaching out to hold her proffered hand, observed by a young boy to the left and another lady to the right, all wearing 18th century dress. The reserves are painted quite boldly with flowers. The verso shows a simple and quite bleak landscape with trees, clouds lining a blue sky. Guard length 27.5cm
Not Sold

 

The leaf is quite rubbed and has several small repairs to the folds seen from the verso. It is also slightly foxed and has some staining. The silvering is now dull.

 


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Auction: Blackborne Collection - Part 1, 23rd May, 2018

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

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