25th Jul, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

 
Lot 272
 

272

Conversation or Quizzing Fan, French, the double paper leaf printed with a central vignette of two

Conversation or Quizzing Fan, French, the double paper leaf printed with a central vignette of two women and a man, entitled "Le Marchand de billets de lotories a la tire aujourd'hui" (the seller of today's lottery tickets), undated but circa 1780's, the remaining leaf covered with small vignettes of phrases relating to romance, with questions on the left and answers on the right, such as "etez vous interesée" and the answer "beaucoup", ou "certainement". Plain polished wooden sticks with ivory thumb guards and slim ivory edges and tips to both upper guards. Plain verso. Guard length 27cm.
Provenance: Believed to have belonged to HRH The Duke of Connaught

Sold for £650
Estimated at £500 - £700


 

Generally very good for age, one or two folds have very small areas of period restoration on the verso, and the leaf is grubby. Monture is sound.

 


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

Blackborne Collection - Part 2

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