11th Oct, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
  Lot 2087
 

2087

An Elaborate Bone Cabriolet Fan, mid-19th century, with most unusual sticks. The monture...

An Elaborate Bone Cabriolet Fan, mid-19th century, with most unusual sticks. The monture incorporates applied mother-of-pearl, silvering and gilding, pierced and shaped sticks, alternately painted with roses, mounted with a double paper leaf as a top panel and cut as wheel struts to visually form a cabriolet. The upper guard is further embellished in the upper section with a brass coloured metal plaque containing a mirror. The lower guard has a similar panel, this time containing a turquoise blue profile in the style of a cameo. The leaf shows a gathering of various well -dressed young people and adults at their leisure in a fine garden with a stone fountain and fine country house in the background. The verso depicts a similar scene set at least a century before, with medieval clothing and a castle in the background.
Guard length 10.5 inches or 27cm

Sold for £450
Estimated at £250 - £400


 

. The guards appear to have some replacement mother-of-pearl as the colours on the lower sections differ slightly. The gilding is dull. The leaf has some nicks to the supper folds, and some outer panels have had repair to fold splits. Easiest to see from the verso.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 11th Oct, 2019

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