27th May, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Fans and Fancies - Online Only

 
  Lot 4167
 

4167

OREADE: L.T.Piver Perfume Advertising Fan of ballon form offered by Frascati, Oxford Street,...

OREADE: L.T.Piver Perfume Advertising Fan of ballon form offered by Frascati, Oxford Street, London, the wood sticks mid-brown, the leaf a classical scene of women in flowing robes hanging flower garlands, with Pan seated playing his pipe next to a stone pillar. A nymph emerges from the sea bringing more flowers and to the left another accompanies Pan on pipes. The cream verso is printed in a lattice form in yellow and advertises" Parfumerie L.T. PIVER PARIS". Printed by Maquet. Artist possibly O.D. Guillaume. Guard length 7.5 inches or 19cm. Overall height 9.5 inches or 24cm (see the Malpas research # PVR17). Together with another example of the Mich (Jean-Marie Liébeaux,1881-1923) design showing the Edwardian lady and her dog in the Wright flying machine over the ocean, speedboats racing below. Marked as a souvenir of Vichy-Etat, advertising the perfume "Lierre Fleuri") by L.T.Piver, Paris. Printed by Maquet. The verso, printed in cream and pale green, advertises L.T. Piver at 10, Boul'd de Strasbourg, PARIS. Mounted on tan wood sticks. Guard length 9.5 inches or 24cm (see the Malpas research # PVR22) (2)

Sold for £160
Estimated at £90 - £120


 

. The Oréade fans are hard to find and this one is crisp and clean. The Mich fan is in good order with very slight rubbing to folds, and a very few pale marks.

 


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