25th Jul, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

 
Lot 261
 

261

An 18th Century Mother-of-Pearl Fan, with carving and piercing, silvering and gilding to the...

An 18th Century Mother-of-Pearl Fan, with carving and piercing, silvering and gilding to the monture. The guards are quite classical, the gorge sticks are intricately carved and pierced and backed with mother of pearl. The central carving is of ladies and gentleman accompanied by winged cherubs, some more regular designs to the side, and, unusually, two plain mother of pearl sticks dyed in a yellow hue. The double paper leaf features five young ladies gathering in the countryside, two sitting apart, one perhaps a shepherdess and the other a maid. The three ladies in the centre are brightly and fashionably dressed, with ruched overskirts and small hats, the clothes of many bright colours. The verso depicts a landscape with a stone tower and other habitation to the side, and hills in the distance, all in quite autumnal colours. Guard length 27cm

Sold for £130
Estimated at £180 - £250


 

The gilt decoration on the guards is very dull. The mother of pearl gorge has reinforced panels seen from the verso. The lower leaf, seen from the verso, has restoration along the entire lower edge. Not possible to tell definitively if the yellow sticks are unoriginal.

 


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

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

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