9th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
  Lot 2056
 

2056

Two Mid-19th Century Bone Fans, the first with broad sticks allowing for a colourful painting...

Two Mid-19th Century Bone Fans, the first with broad sticks allowing for a colourful painting in the gorge depicting a courting couple by a riverbank, the gentleman down on one knee and holding his lady's hand. The double paper leaf, lithographed and hand coloured, shows a similar scene with winged cherubs carrying flowers destined for the centre of the gentleman's attention, who is unaware of Cupid on a cloud behind her. The verso repeats the romantic theme, this time with country couples sharing a picnic. Contained in a pink velvet fan box with a Duvelleroy label within the lid. Guard length 9.25 inches or 23.5cm. Together with A Bone Fan, with deeper gorge, the recto, lithographed, showing couples and ladies outdoors, amongst wild Spring flowers, a stone well, a windmill and stone buildings in the background. The verso shows a gathering of younger maidens, with one young man vying for their attention. Guard length 10.75 inches or 27.5cm (2)

First fan: Purchased at Christie's SK on 23rd October 1979 for £35.00
Second fan: Purchased at Christie's SK on 5th December 1978 for £20.00

Sold for £100
Estimated at £80 - £120


 

The first fan has a loss and a split to the first stick in from the left. The bone is very grainy. The bone is discoloured on the verso, and there is a small hole in the leaf directly through the middle of the gentleman. The second fan has a metal plate repair to the upper guard near the rivet, another with similar repair and between those another stick is broken and not repaired. The box is longer than either fan.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 9th Mar, 2019

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