23rd May, 2018 10:00 GMT/BST

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

 
Lot 15
 

15

An 18th Century Ivory Fan, the guards and gorge inlaid with engraved mother-of-pearl panels,...

An 18th Century Ivory Fan, the guards and gorge inlaid with engraved mother-of-pearl panels, and piqué work, the guards with mother-of-pearl thumb guards. The guards have two carvings, one of a man in simple clothing, the other of a man/beast, the malformed head with large eyes and the body in the form of a figure of eight. The double vellum leaf depicts an attack on a rural home, one man to the right laid on the ground, a boy and dog's head behind, one soldier on horseback following another who appears to be charging the property. To the right are horses drawing a loaded cart. The verso is plain. Guard length 27.5cm
Not Sold

 

One loss to the decoration, the lower mother of pearl panel on the lower guard. Paint loss to the leaf and rubbed folds, some of which have small marks inside. The verso is quite marked.

 


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

Blackborne Collection - Part 1

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