20th Nov, 2020 12:00 GMT/BST

Fans & Fancies - Online auction

 
  Lot 5145
 

5145

A Late 19th Century White Mother-of-Pearl Fan with bone ribs, the leaf of Brussels Bobbin...

A Late 19th Century White Mother-of-Pearl Fan with bone ribs, the leaf of Brussels Bobbin Appliqué, the design featuring three large roses, small and medium flowers and leaves filling the background, made to feel light and airy with the addition of tiny dots. The simple silver metal loop is finished with a cotton cord leading to a knotted silk tassel. Guard length 11 inches or 28cm.Together with A Later White Mother-of-Pearl Fan, the monture carved, gilded and silvered, the leaf of Brussels Point de Gaze needle lace with a few unusual features. Six roses of a similar design feature across the leaf. To the top and bottom right, three small roses have raised petals. The lower section of the leaf is worked more openly, and here and there bands of roundels with complex fillings fill in between top and bottom borders. Guard length 9.5 inches or 24cm. (2)

Sold for £120
Estimated at £100 - £120


 

. First fan, one gorge stick needs to be re-secured. Tiny dent in the upper guard near the shoulder. Second fan, the upper guard is broken an inch above the rivet but the overlap is there for repair. A sliver of MOP missing, but a repair would most likely be feasible. The leaf has possibly been washed.

 


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