23rd May, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

 
Lot 1
 

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Mercury delivers Bacchus: A Circa 1720's Ivory Fan, with slender plain sticks, the guards...

Mercury delivers Bacchus: A Circa 1720's Ivory Fan, with slender plain sticks, the guards tipped with a panel of mother-of-pearl, the head with mother of pearl thumb guards. The vellum leaf, mounted à l'anglaise, is painted with Mercury delivering the baby Bacchus to the Nymphs on Mount Nysa, a cherub emerging from a cloud mounted on four prancing horses. The verso is painted with large colourful flowers, the ribs thus camouflaged. Guard length 26cm

Sold for £550
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

Monture sound, leaf rubbed mostly to the left.

 


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

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

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