11th Oct, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
Lot 2023
 

2023

The Oracle, Book of Fate: A Circa 1800 Printed Fan, the monture of bone, lightly carved and...

The Oracle, Book of Fate: A Circa 1800 Printed Fan, the monture of bone, lightly carved and pierced, more so on the upper guards. The double paper leaf is printed and hand coloured on both sides. In the centre, a wheel of fortune, divided into numbered sections. Above are two winged figures in the clouds, holding between them a banner proclaiming "Oracle". To each side are 5 numbered sections each containing 10 names of the Gods, differing order in each column, and four other texts, one entitled "Queftions (sic), the others "Explication", Example" and again "Queftions" (sic). To the verso, 10 coloured depictions of the Gods with the attributes linked to them (such as Mercury wearing his winged helmet) and underneath each God, texts proclaiming the reader's fate.
Guard length 9.75 inches or 25cm

See Shreiber No. 64, that example being "Pub. accord to Act Jan 1, 1800 by Cock, Crowder and Co, Cheapside, London"

Sold for £450
Estimated at £280 - £320


 

. Sound, in good used condition with some slight loss to the leaf (see the fold under the heading of Explication) and some light discolouration.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 11th Oct, 2019

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