11th Oct, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

The Fan Collection

 
  Lot 2138
 

2138

Champagne and Whisky: Two Printed Paper Advertising Fans, for Champagne, the first of fontange form

Champagne and Whisky: Two Printed Paper Advertising Fans, for Champagne, the first of fontange form showing a small white dog seated on an outdoor table sniffing the open bottle of "Dry Monople", produced by Heidseick et Cie, Reims; a cockade fan with orange leaf advertising "Champagne Charles Heidsieck", Reims; A Folding Fan depicting a couple embracing in a rowing boat, advertising "OO Old Orkney Scotch Whisky", and A Larger, Most Unusual Fan, showing a black native in a forest, feathers in his hair, a sign held in front of his body, advertising "Stower's Lime Juice Cordial", with a box showing this to be a London manufacturer (4)

Sold for £80
Estimated at £30 - £50


 

. All have faults. The first fan lacks a section of the leaf, top right. And also bottom right. The second fan has tears to the paper; the third fan has quite a good leaf but one gorge stick is broken, and the final fan has general wear to the leaf.

 


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Auction: The Fan Collection, 11th Oct, 2019

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