20th Nov, 2020 12:00 GMT/BST

Fans & Fancies - Online auction

 
  Lot 5178
 

5178

A Small Faux Tortoiseshell Feather Fan, most likely game bird feathers collected by the hunting...

A Small Faux Tortoiseshell Feather Fan, most likely game bird feathers collected by the hunting party for their wives to have made up into a unique fan. Strong green upper border, the feathers with a lighter green mottling, and two lower borders, one white, one of mottled brown, probably pheasant. Both the lower feather tips are very attractively trimmed with iridescent feathers in lime green and brown.

Sold for £60
Estimated at £60 - £80


 

. Re-stringing required and the insertion of the one feather which is loose but present.

 


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Auction: Fans & Fancies - Online auction, 20th Nov, 2020

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