7th Dec, 2018 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
Lot 26
 

26

An 18th Century Painted Fan, the monture of carved and pierced tortoiseshell, details...

An 18th Century Painted Fan, the monture of carved and pierced tortoiseshell, details highlighted in gilt. The guards both have a cherub to the tip, the gorge features figures and scrolling. The double velum leaf depicts a family picnic in the countryside, the verso a wildlife scene of red autumn berries framing a bird defending its nest of eggs against a marauding snake. Note the horned animal heads holding swags of greenery to each side of the leaf on the recto. T/w a brown fan box. Guard length approx. 10.5 inches or 27cm

Sold for £320
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

Some loss to the gilding. A repaired break to the upper guard. Some nibbles to the edges of some sticks. The leaf has suffered somewhat from humidity, visible at the sides on the recto where it has at one time stuck folds together, plus brown staining seen on the verso. Fan box missing both sections at one end, and some of the lid covering.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 7th Dec, 2018

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