An 18th century ivory fan, with slender plain guards and carved and pierced gorge sticks, worked in pairs, the head carved and shaped like an acorn. The monture supports a double paper leaf, with a fine design in chinoiserie fashion, depicting scenes of daily life with the addition of birds with colourful feathers, a large bird perched on a glorious flowering stylised tree. To the foreground, kneeling, amongst birds, a female figure who appears also to have wings. The verso is plain save for a spray of white flowers. Accompanied by a period card fan tube with green/brown exterior decoration. Guard length 10.25 inches or 26cm; together with A late 18th century ivory fan, the monture Chinese Export, the guards deeply carved in separate panels, the upper guards featuring a large robed figure. The gorge sticks are carved in more traditional geometric designs. In contrast the vellum leaf, mounted à l'Anglaise, is painted in European taste, the reserves with delicate painting of Heartsease to one side and a delicate pink flower spray to the left. Centrally, a detailed depiction of a European Harbour, most likely Italy, with boats in full sail, a stone town wall with sentries on the towers, formal buildings in the middle leaf, and mountains and other fortresses in the distance. The verso is painted with a pink floral spray similar to that on the recto. Guard length 11.25 inches or 28.5cm (2)