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A Simple 18th Century Bone Brisé Fan, its charm being in its naivety. The twenty-seven inner sticks and one guard are painted in mainly pink and turquoise. The lower guard is plain, the central lady also featuring in the gorge and on the guards. The two side vignettes show simple trees but are noted for their strong turquoise background. Flowers and hearts in embossed gold foil are applied to some of the sticks. The verso uses the same colours but more simply, with a single flower to the gorge and a tree and reeds being depicted in the vignettes. Dark blue silk ribbon. Guard length 24cm. Together with a period red leather tube with hinged lid £180 - 250
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A Riverside Fishing Expedition: An Early 18th Century Painted Bone Brisé Fan, the large central vignette depicting an idyllic scene of a lady and her three children playing happily by the river, their country residence behind, a pasture with sheep opposite, the lady with fishing rod, and one boy expectantly holding a bucket for the catch. On the opposite bank, a young shepherd with his crook plays music to his sheep. Two side vignettes show figures in contemporary dress. Twenty-seven inner sticks and two guards, the latter with a figure, a shell and a heart. The inner sticks are pierced above the central vignette, the latter being enclosed in a bright gold shaped border. Blue silk ribbon. Guard length 21cm. Together with a pink silk lined maroon card fan box £300 - 600
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A Very Fine Late 17th/Early 18th Century Painted, Carved and Pierced Ivory Brisé Fan, possibly Dutch, with twenty-eight inner sticks and two guards, and tortoiseshell thumb guards. The guards are carved with a figure and flowers in relief, their backgrounds of a deep powder blue, giving good contrast, some features gilded. Central to the gorge is a delicately painted oval vignette containing a portrait of a European lady who appears to be holding a bow, two further vignettes to either side with flowers, two pink roses and an orange parrot tulip. The body of the fan is in three main sections, each bordered with pairs of pierced and highly decorative gilded sticks, painted with Chinoiserie scenes, roses and tulips. The panel to the left shows a man seated on a stone terrace with balustrade, a small pond to his side with water lily leaves. The central scene shows ladies dressed in medieval costume, one with a wimple, gathering around a king on the ground, being tended by a lady, an elderly bearded man looking on. In the final panel a young woman is seated outside in a rural location. All panels are bordered in gold and surrounded by elaborate gilding and some repetition of the blue. The verso is a mirror image outline. The deep cream ribbon is plain, possibly a replacement .Guard length 23.5cmSee Nancy Armstrong's "The Book of Fans" pages 60 and 61 for a brisé with similarities, described as Dutch. £800 - 1200
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A Good Early 18th Century Ivory Brisé Fan, carving in relief on the guards, the inner sticks pierced as borders around the central panel, painting throughout. Twenty-six inner sticks and two guards, with a deep ruby red ribbon, unpainted. The central painted scene, set in the countryside, depicts a couple and three female attendants, a winged cherub frolicking at their feet, another carrying a flame to the left. To each side are a pair of darkly painted sticks depicting figures and urns. The gorge, painted in the same blue, shows chinoiserie figures, with gold highlights and borders. The guards are carved in relief with a figure and a flower, the flower painted, as is a small painted portrait above. The verso is a mirror-image drawing of the main scene with the addition of a bright pink border to the gorge, the pair of sticks just inside each guard also being brightly painted. Tortoiseshell thumb guard. Guard length 20.5cm. Together with a later green moire silk covered card fan box lined in pale green £600 - 900
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An 18th Century Bone Brisé Fan, with twenty-seven inner sticks and two guards, with tortoiseshell thumb guards. Seven vignettes of various sizes are painted with men, women and a child of differing social class, judging by their clothes. Two of the women have musical instruments. The outer guards are more crudely painted, the inners being more colourfully painted with rather naive figures, which match those in the gorge. The sticks are pierced and applied with flowers and the occasional figure in embossed gold foil. The verso just shows the outline of the same figures but also has applied embossed gold foil flowers. The ribbon is painted with simple designs recto/verso. Guard length 21cm £300 - 500
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Hera: A 19th Century "Vernis Martin" Brisé Fan, with twenty-six inner sticks and two guards, the sticks painted with Hera in her chariot drawn through the skies by two peacocks, a man, perhaps Zeus, and a woman and winged cherubs around. The guards, having tortoiseshell thumb guards, are painted in sections of different and small scale designs, the gorge in two bands each containing chinoiserie figures. The ribbon is painted with small designs. The verso is a scene of countryside being crossed by a viaduct. Guard length 20.5cm £250 - 500
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Dido and Aeneas: A Mid to Late 18th Century Fan, the double paper leaf painted in strong blues and mounted on quite understated ivory sticks, with simple piercing to the gorge and upper guards, the latter with the addition of some colour. The leaf depicts Dido, the founder and Queen of Carthage, seated on her throne receiving the hero Aeneas, a musician to her left, a seated soldier beyond and a seated lady opposite. A couple stroll in the distant countryside. The reserves and top border are painted with flowers. In Virgil's Aeneid, the couple have a short romance before Aeneas leaves and Dido commits suicide using his sword. The verso, again painted mainly in a bold blue, shows a simple landscape. Guard length 25cm. Together with a green velvet fan box £300 - 500
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Europa and the Bull (Zeus) with female attendants, in a pastoral setting. The mid-18th century ivory monture is elaborately carved and also pierced in the gorge. To the top of the gorge are carved birds with outstretched wings, above beasts with exposed teeth. The guards are more classically carved with a cherub and flowers. The vellum leaf is mounted à l'anglaise, the verso with cream reserves depicting a boy walking in the countryside. Guard length 27cm £300 - 600
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Venus and Adonis: An 18th Century Ivory Fan, with tortoiseshell overlay to the guards and plain ivory gorge. The guards are also piqué, both on the ivory and the tortoiseshell, with a simple meandering floral pattern, and have tortoiseshell thumb guards. The vellum leaf, mounted à l'anglaise, depicts Venus with Adonis, her chariot above in the clouds drawn by swans. Around the couple, two dogs in the left foreground, two winged cherubs playing in colourful flowers to the right, and in the distant right a deer is being chased by dogs. Adonis holds a crossbow and arrows. The verso is painted with a colourful and detailed spray of flowers, including red lilies, blue convolvulus and pink roses, the ribs being decorated with a painted wavy line. Guard length 27.5cm £400 - 600
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Jacob, Rachael and Leah, The Flight into Canaan: A Fine Early 19th Century or Earlier Ivory Fan, the guards tipped with mother-of-pearl and with mother-of-pearl thumb guards. The monture is elegantly and ornately carved, the guards with a male figure in the tips, followed by a classical female, and objects to include a diamond, shell and classical urn. The gorge is carved with a central naked figure carrying a bow and arrow, possibly Cupid, possibly a hunter. To either side is a bird, with the outer sticks filled with meandering flowers and tendrils, some being in bud, some large and fully open and with large petals. The vellum leaf, mounted à l'anglaise, depicts a woodland setting, the town in the distance behind, Jacob, now a wealthy man, with his two wives and their cow, sheep and donkeys, carrying provisions, accompanied by a servant, starting their flight into Canaan, following a souring of relations between Jacob and Leban and his sons. Two onlookers are seated to the right. The verso is plain save for painted detail on the ribs. Guard length 28cm £600 - 900
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Paris and Oenone: A Mid-18th Century Ivory Fan, the sticks carved, pierced and painted in autumnal colours. Both guards feature a figure and background scrolling, the gorge more elaborate, decorated with a central pastoral carving of a seated lady pointing to a man playing a pipe, several sheep to his side. A vignette to the left depicts two cherubs and one to the right is carved with a bird stealing fruit from a bowl. Oenone was a mountain nymph with whom Paris fell in love when he was a shepherd on the slopes of Mount Ida. They married, only for Oenone to be abandoned when Paris returned to Troy to take Helen the Queen of Sparta. Oenone then predicted the Trojan War. The double paper leaf shows Oenone in white with a vivid blue shawl and Paris in beige and lilac, under the shade of a tree, a small winged cherub pulling at her skirts. Behind Paris, who appears to be marking initials on the tree, a hovering Cupid is about to shoot his arrow. To the right, an overflowing fountain holds two tiny embracing cherubs. The reserves are painted in fresh blues with pink carnations and hints of gold, a bird and shells decorating a floral outer border. A solitary lady in pink graces the verso, at rest, having gathered a posy of blue flowers which complement the ribbon in her hair. A fresh and airy floral border decorates the edges an upper reserves. Guard length 28cm £400 - 700
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The Triumph of Neptune: A Very Early 18th Century Ivory Fan, perhaps earlier, with very slender sticks elegantly piqué with small designs. Neptune triumphs, having won Amphitrite, the daughter of Oceanus, as his bride, having sent dolphins for her when she resisted his advances. The double paper leaf shows a scene full of movement, with Neptune left of centre wearing a crown and green robe, his wife to the left, a sea horse drawn chariot in the centre, winged cherubs, water nymphs and mermen around, more cherubs playing with dolphins in the sea. A most unusual and very colourful presentation, the original being painted for Cardinal Richeliu by Nicholas Poussin. The verso is plain. Guard length 27cm £400 - 700
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Odysseus/Ulysses Returns: A Fine Pierced, Carved and Gilded Mid-18th Century Fan, the gorge with a large central scene with musicians, an Oriental man carrying birdcages, and a couple, the lady seated with a bird on her hand. The vellum leaf, mounted à l'anglaise, depicts the return of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, followed by soldiers, to his wife Penelope after a ten year absence, following the fall of Troy. The verso with cream reserves, is painted with a riverbank, two men fishing, and a couple out walking their small dog. Guard length 28.5cm £200 - 400
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The Legend of Gaius Mucius and Lars Porsena: A Rare Early to Mid-18th Century Italian Fan, with carved ivory sticks, the guards with figures and flowers, the gorge with an exterior scene of two men dancing and drinking outside a simple building. The vellum leaf mounted à l'anglaise, features soldiers in armour with their leader Lars Porsena, a throne to the right. Gaius Mucius was a Roman youth who is said to have saved Rome from conquest by the Etruscan King Lars Porsena. Gaius was also known as Muscius Scaevola, meaning 'left handed', as he ruined his right hand in the flames, seen in the centre of the leaf. The verso is plain brown with wavy lines painted on the support sticks. Mother-of-pearl thumb guard. Guard length 27.5cm £500 - 800
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Eros and Anteros: A Mid-18th Century Ivory Fan, the sticks intricately carved and pierced, the upper guard with a Chinese figure, the gorge carved in three distinct bands which continue across to the lower guard, a central vignette of Chinese figures, the remaining carving of regular shapes and large flower heads. Gold metal loop. The double vellum leaf depicts a struggle high in the clouds, possibly between Eros and Anteros, a bare-breasted Venus in a decorative gilded chariot to the right, doves flying and other cherubs present. The verso with a gilded border depicts two winged cherubs in flight, one carrying a scythe. Guard length 29cm £400 - 700
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Achilles and the Daughters of Lycomedes: A Fine and Extravagant Mid-18th Century Ivory Fan, the monture silvered and gilded with fine and complex carving and piercing. The guards are each carved with a figure and bird, the remainder with flowers and foliage, these latter parts gilded. The slender gorge is worked in bands, carved and pierced and gilded save for the lower section. The upper band is pierced and carved with detailed and brightly gilded flowers and foliage, which alternate with flat panels painted in gold with more subtle trees and blossom and buildings in the chinoiserie style. Below, a broad band of fine carving and piercing in mainly interlinked circles which create a complex design full of movement. The rivet holds a red stone. A central scene shows Achilles, having cast aside the female disguise adopted when he first entered the house of Lycomedes and his daughters. He now stands before them whilst they go about daily duties, in this instance the laundry with a stone bath, as his true self. This and two further vignettes are within gilded frames, the vignette to the right showing a woman in pink robes kneeling to collect wild flowers for her tall and shaped basket, the painting to the left depicting two winged cherubs by water, in front of a basket filled with purple grapes. The reserves, in dark colours, are richly gilded and painted with flowers in strong blue and pink, leaves in gold. The verso depicts a lady seated in the countryside before water, habitation behind, the reserves painted with dainty sprays of pink berries and flowers. Guard length 28cm £600 - 1000
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A Fine 18th Century Ivory Fan with Pagoda Sticks, circa 1750, Hera, a goddess, a mythological Queen of Heaven in her chariot drawn by two peacocks, depicted by a river surrounded by her attendants, the double paper leaf painted in turquoise and similarly bright shades, and gilded for relief, the verso a simple depiction of a man playing music to his lady. The sticks are formed into the shape known as "pagoda", the upper parts of the guards carved, and the remainder plain. Guard length 29cm. Contained in a shaped leather box, lined in cream silk with a gold attribution to "Grands Magazins, Chalons". Metal catches (as found on coffin boxes) £1000 - 2000
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A Slender 18th Century Ivory Fan, circa 1740, the monture decorated with straw, the double leaf an engraved mythological scene of Europa being abducted by a white bull (Zeus), by sea to Crete. Cupid fires his bow and arrow to the right of the scene. The simple verso depicts moths and a dragonfly. Both guards bear the same decoration of flowers, carved and painted, and overlaid straw panels which resemble columns. The gorge sticks are similarly decorated, but on the verso are more simple, plain ivory alternating in pairs with turquoise paint and mauve flowers. Guard length 29cm £1000 - 2000
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A Fine and Slender 18th Century Ivory Fan, circa 1720, depicting men, women, children and cherubs in Roman times engaged in various discoveries, possibly the "Liberal Arts". A group are studying columns of figures and numerical tables, another group surround a globe and manuscripts and books, whilst two men labour to move a huge stone which bears identifying figures. On the verso the double paper leaf is delicately painted with a fine selection of flowers, amongst which are roses and parrot tulips. The ivory sticks are painted in mainly red and gold with chinoiserie figures. Guard length 25.5cm £600 - 800
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A Rare Circa 1740 French Fan, with ivory monture and double paper leaf, depicting a romantic liaison between two couples wearing ornate costumes, detailed in gold, gilded detail to the flowers and foliage at the sides. A country maiden looks on. On the verso a depiction of a lady seated in front of ruins and some simple painted flowers on the gorge. The upper guard is painted in deep pink, decorated with flowers, inlaid with three mother-of-pearl roundels and bearing two short messages in early French (note spellings), one of which reads "j'attends mon soleil". It is finished with a mother-of-pearl thumb guard. The gorge sticks are all similarly decorated, with inlaid mother-of-pearl in two shapes, a phrase in French, and delicate drawings such as a candle in a holder with the words "Le plaisir me tue", one with a bird in a cage with the words "Jay perdu ma liberte" and another with a sailing ship and "qui peut conter sur moy". This style of workmanship could be attributed to the French engraver Mariaval le Jeune, who was working first in Rouen and later in Paris during the first half of the 18th century. The lower guard is a replacement, of bone overlaid with tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl. Guard length 29.5cm £1000 - 2000
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The Sun King: A Mid to Late 18th Century Ivory Fan, the monture heavily gilded and silvered, the sticks, of various widths, carved and pierced, the upper guard wide the carving under laid with pink shell. The gorge sticks are highly symbolic, the central vignette showing two gilded cherubs backed with burgau, the figures being contained within a sun burst, two further cherubs above. To each side, further cherubs holding large balls on their shoulders, within vignettes backed with burgau. The lower gorge is plain but shaped ivory. The upper guards also contain the faces of two cherubs within the sun's rays. The rivet is finished with a rounded red stone. The vellum leaf is covered in thin silk and backed with paper, the decoration continuing the theme of The Sun King, Louis XIV. The central painted cartouche, of a young couple holding hands under an arbour, a lady holding flowers in the bushes to the left, is bordered in gold sequins, and flanked by two large faces inside sun rays, each looking to their right with rather benign expressions. Above, to both right and left, are ovals containing simple paintings of flowers, covered in mica, and to the outer extremes of the leaf are two further vignettes, bordered in gold sequins, containing depictions of young girls on clouds, the one to the right holding a dove on a leash, the one to the left with a cherub behind £600 - 1000
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Anthony and Cleopatra: An 18th Century Ivory Fan, with extravagant monture, the heavy sticks carved and pierced, silvered and gilded, and in the form known as "battoire". In the centre of the gorge a cherub is holding a sheaf of corn before the goddess Ceres. Single sticks are carved with ornate lattice, sticks in pairs have four cherubs aloft, a shield below, and flowers, some of the gilding in two shades. Birds and flowers feature elsewhere. The double paper leaf is painted with a classical interior, possibly showing the union of Anthony and Cleopatra. The figure of Fame blows her trumpet above a smoking altar of love and in the foreground is a prominent pile of discarded armour and emblems of Rome. Anthony, wearing a breastplate and extravagantly plumed helmet, is walking towards a kneeling woman who appears to be showing a string of pearls. Cleopatra, in yellow flowing robes and pink cloak held from the floor by a page, holds his hand. To the left a lady plays the harp. To the right a young maiden dressed in pink and blue holds a tray, casting a coquettish glance at a young soldier leaning nonchalantly on his shield. The reserves are dark, and gilded. The verso, also with dark and gilded reserves, shows a solitary young woman dressed in blue and pink, in the countryside. Guard length 26cm £700 - 1000
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A Rare Late 18th Century Ivory Fan, the leaf of vellum mounted à l'anglaise, the guards and sticks inlaid with lightly engraved metal, now dull. The leaf, with three large octagonal vignettes, depicts at the centre The Three Marys at the Sepulchre. To the left, a man and child next to a tree, the man holding a dagger, an angel aloft, being the sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham, and to the right, Christ being lifted down after the Crucifixion, a notice in Latin above proclaiming him to be King of the Jews. All three vignettes are surrounded by garlands of flowers and ribbons in pastel colours. The verso, en camaieu, pink, depicts chickens outdoors. Guard length 28cm £800 - 1200
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The Birth Of Jesus: A Rare 18th Century Dutch Bone Fan, the monture very simply gilded and pierced. The double paper leaf depicts three biblical scenes. To the left, Abraham bringing refreshments to three men seated at his table, these being angels. To the centre, Jesus at the well with the woman of Samaria, and to the right, Jacob in conflict with an angel. The verso is painted in soft blue with stone tablets which record the ten commandments, see Exodus 23, 20-24, 18. The text is in Old Dutch and is the beginning of the message of the angel of the Lord to the shepherds in the field, announcing the birth of Jesus. Lucas 2, 1-20. Above, the symbols of The Trinity, the eye contained within the triangle. Guard length 24cmTranslation of the Dutch text kindly supplied to the previous owner by Drs F Hovinga Van Eijsden, the current President of the Fan Circle International. £600 - 1000
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As The Hours Pass: A Highly Unusual Mid to Late 18th Century Mother-of-Pearl Fan, the heavy sticks carved, pierced and gilded, the upper guards wide and each containing a portrait within an oval, covered with glass. The gorge sticks are shaped and several contain figures. The double vellum leaf is divided on the recto into sections, the central section quite slim, painted with a youth playing a pipe, above which is an oval containing a portrait of a lady, covered with mica. To the right, a homely scene of a lady at rest seated on a chair with her feet on a footstool, reading, a serious looking young boy in front of the fireplace, being observed by a white cat. On the wall is an embossed foil panel containing a clock, time set at ten to midday. To the left, a lady dozing in her chair, ignoring perhaps the gentleman attempting to serenade her leaning in through the window. A similar clock is above her side table. The reserves are set with a foil urn and flowers, and embroidered with gold sequins. The verso is painted with a rather crude countryside scene, to the left a man looking out from a building wearing a rather unusual hat, a lady with similar headwear plus a veil to the right, some colourful ducks on a riverbank to the fore. Guard length 24cm £1000 - 1500
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The Alchemist: A Circa 1700 or Perhaps Earlier, possibly Dutch, (looking at the seated man's hat) Slender Ivory Fan, painted in rich colours to the guards and gorge, with simple rural scenes and decorative designs highlighted in gold. The colourful double paper leaf shows an exterior scene, a man in black priest's robes and large hat, (a Jesuit?) reading from a book, in front of a table where objects, seemingly of metal, are being weighed on scales. To the left, a worker with a very large pestle and mortar. To the right, a worker sieves something into a black powder next to a metal apparatus over a flame, the latter being fanned with bellows by a man in Chinese robes, the final product flowing into black bottles through a tube. Turning base metal into gold? Making gunpowder, a bi-product of some Chinese experiments? The verso has a simple spray of painted flowers, in deep pink and yellows, roses and a tulip, with foliage. Guard length 25.5cmIssue 92 of The Bulletin produced for members by the Fan Circle International carries an article, on pages 27 to 28, of an opinion on this fan by Mrs Hélène Alexander, MBE, FRSA, of the Fan Museum on Greenwich who viewed the fan during an exhibition of some of the collection in 2010 £1000 - 3000 | EUROPEAN FANS AND ACCESSORIES, 1800 TO 1920's |
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Flowers and Feathers: A Mid-19th Century Jenny Lind or Palmette Fan, with a finely carved and pierced, gilded and silvered mother-of-pearl monture, depicting variations on flowers and scrolling, in bands. Most of the leaf panels are painted, with a very bright and cheerful central floral arrangement with pink roses, white, blue and lilac climbers, and red auriculas with yellow centres. Two colourful birds are about to alight to feast. A border to the sides and top involves more climbers and flower tendrils. The verso is plain. The shaped tips are topped with very fine marabou or similar feathers. Ornate loop in gold metal, diamantes in the rivet. Guard length 27cm £70 - 100
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Aphrodite Ipdated?: A Mid-19th Century White Mother-of-Pearl Fan, the monture pierced and carved and clouté with steel. The double silk leaf is embroidered with silver sequins, the central painted scene perhaps leaning towards a more modern depiction of Aphrodite, with a lady, helped by a gentleman, descending from her gilded carriage, and a lady to her right accompanied by a winged cherub who is riding a white swan. Cherubs, making flower garlands, are airborne to the left, where a third lady, a cherub seated at her feet holding a tray of refreshments, is passing roses for the garlands. The verso is plain. Guard length 27cm; and A Circa 1880's Plain Tortoiseshell Fan, with a double fabric leaf, the cream silk showing signs of previously being the base for a lace fan leaf. Brown stones to the rivet, simple metal loop. The verso is plain. Guard length 27.5cm (2) £40 - 60
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A 19th Century Bone Brisé Fan, the twenty-four inner sticks and two guards painted recto/verso in bright colours (particularly blue) as are the central scene and reserves. An oval vignette, bordered in blue, depicts a country hamlet built around a castle with two tall towers, a stone church within sight, and other buildings some of which appear to be timbered. The reserves are bordered in blue and filled with individual flowers, and some sprays, these being mainly pink. The rounded sticks tips each have a red ark containing blue flowers with open petals, and below the ribbon a design to each stick of red flowers is enclosed within blue hearts. Guard length 19cm £70 - 100
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A Mother-of-Pearl and Ivory Fan, circa 1900(?), of a very unusual type. The monture is made up of white mother-of-pearl guards, pierced and clouté, and plain gorge, with a turquoise stone to the rivet. The upper panels are ivory, pierced with borders leaving the centre plain. The tips are all straight, the carving within giving it the air of a pointed Regency brisé fan. Where the ivory and mother-of-pearl meet, the join is visible from the verso. Guard length 19cm (please see images and condition report); A Small Circa 1900's Black Wooden Fan, the sticks simply pierced, mounted with a double leaf of black gauze, embroidered with elongated black sequins in extravagant swag designs and smaller sequins including starry shapes for a stylised central vase of flowers. Guard length 19cm; A 20th Century Cockade Fan, housed in a plastic case for protection, once open the case becomes the handle. The pleated circular leaf is dark brown. Slight shaping to one end. Closed down the item is 13cm; and A Circa 1890's Large Wooden Fan, mounted in a heavy red cotton, painted with leaves and birds in black, tinged with gold. The verso is painted with a simple flower spray in the same colours. Basic metal loop. The gorge sticks are natural the guards have been painted a dull dark red. Guard length 32cm; and A Circa 1900 Blue Silk Fan, with sequins, the guards of bone, painted in dark blue with gold stars and pink flowers, the gorge of horn painted with the same flowers. The double leaf of plain dark blue for the verso, has a thin gauze layer to the recto, highly embellished with tiny green and gold sequins, dots of pink paint, featuring five small vignettes containing cornucopia. Guard length 19cm (5) £60 - 80
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A Slender Early 19th Century Ivory (?) Brisé Fan, the plain guards shaped, the tips of all sticks gently carved to a soft point. The twenty four inner sticks are carved and pierced in bands, alternating with uncut bands onto which flowers are delicately painted in gold, the top band centrally featuring two birds. Guard length 17cm £50 - 100
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The Flower Girl: A Large Circa 1890's Bone Fan, the guards and sticks simply pierced, slightly more detail to the upper guard. The cream gauze leaf shows a flower girl, with a tray of colourful blossoms, dressed in light Spring colours. The leaf has a light and airy border of pink and lemon flowers. The verso is plain. Simple gold metal loop. Guard length 32.5cm; and A Circa 1890's Large Wooden Fan, the sticks painted and gilded on the gorge. The light brown gauze leaf is painted with a simple spray of unusual flowers and foliage, the leaves quite dark and shaded, the spikey flowers ginger, orange and yellow, the buds tipped with deep red. The verso is plain. Guard length 35cm (2). Together with a black silk-covered fan box (2) £70 - 100
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The Fruit Harvest: A Circa 1860's Bone Fan, with a silvered and gilded monture, lightly pierced and simply decorated with flower sprays. The double paper leaf is lithographed in a strong dark blue, offset in gold in the reserves. A central vignette shows 18th century county folk gathering autumn fruit, a male picker throwing the fruit into the outstretched apron worn by one of two female helpers, a donkey waiting to take the harvest home. To each side a portrait of a young girl, dressed in white. The verso has an overall design of flowers and foliage, in cream, gold and ginger. Guard length 26cm; and A Circa 1860's Faux Tortoiseshell Fan, the sticks slightly pierced and lightly gilded, possibly applied foil. The double paper lithographed leaf, with turquoise blue reserves, and gold highlights, shows several ladies seated next to a stone balustrade mounted with a stone urn, a gentleman in attendance, the grounds around them with colourful ground covering shrubs. The costumes appear more appropriate to the 18th century, with a sack back robe and lace ruffles. The verso shows a gathering of young couples, also in dress from a previous period, a boy bringing refreshments. Guard length 26cm (2) £60 - 90
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A Mid-19th Century Bone Fan, with wide sticks and guards, all carved and pierced but unadorned. The gorge carving, mainly of flowers, is on a large scale, complementing the size of the central carving of three ladies in fine detailed 18th century costume, with large hats and elbow length sleeves from which lace engageantes protrude. This carving is backed with burgau. The double paper leaf recto/verso shows a similar scene of a social gathering in the countryside, but where the participants on the recto appear to be country folk with a goat and sheep around them, the verso presents perhaps a slightly higher social level with more refined costume. Guard length 27cm £40 - 60
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An Early 19th Century Bone Brisé Fan, the twenty inner sticks and two guards lightly pierced, the tips of all sticks pointed. The recto is painted with a border of pink roses and green leaves marginally below the ribbon. The verso is painted in a similar fashion with the addition of yellow and orange flowers. Above and below the flowers, the piercing is worked in several different designs in bands across the whole fan. Guard length 16cm; and A Bone Fan, circa 1900 to 1910's, probably for a young girl, the sticks shaped with medallions, the upper guards with flowers and decorative scrolling. The gorge sticks are designed in band, punctuated at regular intervals with oval medallions containing flowers with many petals and a central orange stone, joined by meandering flowers and leaves. The fabric leaf in peppermint green is painted with three vignettes. To the left, a small bridge crosses water. Centrally, a view of a stone balustrade, a vantage point on a county estate with distant views including an ancient temple. To the right, a curved stone bridge, these vignettes being divided by musical instruments and decorated with orange and yellow flowers and yellow ribbons and bows. The verso is plain and the sticks are mounted à l'anglaise. Guard length 24cm (2) £40 - 60
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A Circa 1905 Unusual Bone Fan, of balloon shape, the monture fashioned with a central circular panel as the highest point, the remaining sticks shaped to undulate down and slightly rise for the guards. Open, the monture has a look of a bird in flight, wings outstretched. The guards are clouté with steel dots. The bone sticks are pierced with rolling scrolls that meet with a large roundel, inside which is painted a pagoda, three male Oriental figures present. The pagoda is mainly painted in gold, the figures wearing colourful robes. The shaped double fabric leaf features an oriental lady either side of the rounded monture, one to the left wearing a lilac robe, the one to the right wearing a ginger robe and carrying a wooden bucket. A Chinese lantern of three tiers with a deep tassel hangs centrally, with a top border of swags of colourful flowers intertwined. The verso is relatively plain, a cream ground painted with roses. Overall height when closed 25cm £70 - 100
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Sharing a Picnic: A Mid-18th Century Mother-of-Pearl Fan, the monture carved and pierced, silvered and gilded. The guards each have two have attractive curved features which contain flowers. The slender gorge sticks feature three vignettes in which are gilded figures. The double skin leaf is darkly painted in shades of beige and green, blue shy in the distance, a young couple seated under a tree in a clearing in order to share a picnic. The young man, dressed in bright blue, seems to wish to deprive his young lady of a morsel she has already chose, reaching across her in quite a determined fashion. Two sheep sit close by. The painting is signed to the left Z.... (Zaborowska? If this is correct, Gabrielle Zaborowska was born in 1852 and painted fans) The verso, painted with a simple gold border, features crossed flower holders and ribbons. Guard length 29cm £200 - 300
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A Circa 1810 to 1830 Bone Fan, with a double paper leaf, and very unusual overlapping gorge sticks, forming hearts. The guards are overlaid with a greyish mother-of-pearl. The leaf depicts, to the right, three people taking refreshments, a throne to the right, a man seated wearing robes and a feathered turban. A second male is wearing a cloak. To the left, a man in doublet and hose is laid out on a garden bench, a lady in a red robe and intricate hair ornament attending. In the centre, a large table where a group of people are taking refreshments, the women in colourful dresses, the men in doublet and hose. The verso appears stipple printed, with roses to each side, and a wealthy couple in Regency costume taking a stroll and examining the wares of a roadside flower seller. The unusual pierced gorge sticks are arranged in pairs, with gold highlights, and are equally of interest when the fan is closed and laid on its side. Guard length 23cm £90 - 120
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An Early 19th Century Fan, with pierced bone sticks, a peephole feature to all the sticks half way up the gorge. The guards are elaborately decorated with sections of mother-of-pearl into which are inlaid different gold metal shapes, enamel and turquoise stones. The bone of the upper gorge is pierced to resemble feathers. The leaf, of dark blue shows three Regency ladies to their waists, each wearing different fashionable hats or hair ornaments along with different hairstyles of the day. One carries a fan with a jewelled metal guard. The reserves depict clouds and roses. The verso is a hand coloured print of a lady at her toilet, her maid in attendance, answering the door to a dog delivering a letter. This vignette is surrounded by a simple country riverside scene. Mother-of-pearl thumb guards. Guard length 23cm £150 - 200
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A Circa 1880's Black Lace Fan, Chantilly, mounted on dusky dark grey/mauve mother-of-pearl sticks, which continue as ribs, the lace backed with pale turquoise silk crepe. Shaped head, no loop, Guard length 28cm £120 - 180
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An 18th Century Ivory Fan, the monture Chinese Export, the guards carved in panels of small scale, with figures and buildings and trees. The gorge is pierced with several vignettes and panels, the central vignette being oval. All pierced areas feature quite regular lattice work of differing designs. The leaf is a later, mid-19th century addition, printed with a garden scene with fountains and a frontage onto possibly the Grand Canal in Venice, the boats appearing to be gondolas. Perhaps a costume ball, as those attending are dressed as Cavaliers and their ladies. The verso shows a simple outdoor scene, a lady outside a simple house, a decorative floral border to the top and sides of the leaf. Guard length 26.5cm £120 - 150
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A Large Mid-19th Century Mother-of-Pearl Fan in the Spanish style, the sticks very heavy and wide, gilded, the leaf very slim, the sticks containing a central painting of two women and two young children. Both guards have additional decoration in relief, shaped in a gold metal, and, on the front guard, with a large paste stone, to the rear a mirror. The double paper leaf shows outdoor gatherings with dogs, to the left a woman, quite regally dressed in red robes, greets others. To the right, a similar group, this time with a gentleman wearing red costume. The verso is a simple painting of the countryside. Guard length 32.5cm, gorge shoulder 5cm at the widest part. Together with a sturdy fan box covered in cream silk, the inside lid and body both padded with silk £120 - 180
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A Large Circa 1890's Mother-of-Pearl Fan, with delicate painting on the upper guard, of birds and flowers, pastel colours, gold highlights. Plain gorge. The cream gauze leaf, signed in red to the left "Bellini"?, is painted with a young lady within a stone building, feeding two doves, a church visible through a doorway, more birds approaching, The leaf is topped with a border of Brussels bobbin applique. Guard length 35cm £80 - 120
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Aristocratic Pancakes: A Highly Unusual Circa 1880's Bone Fan, the monture silvered and gilded in a quite regular design of diamonds and lattice work. The double paper leaf is printed and highly gilded to the reserves, the central scene one of three couples in an elegant sitting room with panelled walls and gilded chairs, grouped around the fireplace, an open fire burning, one gentleman holding a frying pan, about to toss a pancake. A cook, wearing her apron and headscarf, supervises from the right. To the fore, a grey cat attempts to approach sacks or plates of ingredients. The participants are dressed in detailed 18th century costumes, the gentlemen wearing colourful long jackets under which can be seen ornate waistcoats, their hair tied back, the ladies in vibrant robes with elbow length sleeves, from which peek lace engageantes. The fireplace is adorned with tall gilded candelabras and an ornate clock in front of a tall gilded mirror, the walls with blue striped wallpaper and hung with female portraits. The verso, in much lighter cream, shows a leisurely afternoon with four ladies and two gentlemen, walking dogs, collecting flowers for garlands. Guard length 27cm £120 - 180
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The Burgers of Calais: A Circa 1860's Mother-of-Pearl Fan, with plain guards and elaborately carved detail to the gorge, where a bagpipe player is depicted, backed with thin mother-of-pearl. There are two further vignettes, both featuring carvings of men, one with a dog. The elaborate carving includes flowers, birds, and several panels with crossbanded detail. The double paper leaf depicts Queen Phillipa of Hainault pleading with her husband King Edward III, in Calais in 1347. Calais had been taken after a one year long siege, and the King, shown in armour, was willing to spare the citizens if the six Burgers, who are shown barefoot with their hands tied, surrendered. The Queen knew that her husband would execute the Burgers and begged for mercy, which he granted. The keys to the town castle are said to be on the platter. A heraldic shield has the arms of Edward III, and sun rays from behind a cloud are also indications of this King. The American Benjamin West may have painted a similar scene in 1789. Rodin made the story more popular in the 19th century. The verso shows a well detailed scene of a church or castle with a slender tall and pointed tower, located near water. The reserves are painted with birds and flowers. Guard length 28cmA research article by FCI member Lorraine Taylor Kent was published in The Bulletin, the FCI publication. £200 - 400
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The Art Class: A Charming Late 19th Century Tortoiseshell Fan, the ribs a continuation of the sticks, the sticks and guards plain. The black silk leaf is painted with a top border of frilly flowers, in shades of white and light blue, tinged with ginger, possibly lilacs, and pointed green leaves. Seated in various poses amidst the blossoms are eleven cherubs of various ages and sizes, all engaged in painting, some revealing the results of their endeavours, others with their back to the viewer. Thus we see a variety of detail, from the shapes and colours of their clothes, to the colours and styles of hair. The single leaf is plain on the verso. Signed to the right "J Gautrier?". Guard length 34.5cm £100 - 150
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An Early 19th Century Horn Fan, with a double silk leaf, the guards incised with a curly or perhaps feather design, flanking a central elongated V, and piqué with steel. The gorge is embellished in a similar fashion, giving a light and airy feel. The leaf, of buttermilk silk, is embroidered, to the top and sides, with embossed gold foil, shaped as feathers, and tipped with silver sequins. The upper and lower edges of the leaf are applied with a slim gold looped braid. In the centre of the leaf, next to a painted palm tree with hanging fronds of embroidered sequins, is a lady in a lilac robe embroidered with gold sequins, a pink ribbon In her hair, and holding a fixed fan, the fan most unusually applied with iridescent red and green feathers. The lady is offering pink roses to a young girl, wearing a short jacket, a blue straw hat and a pink skirt embroidered with sequins. To the sides, a small stone fountain, more trees with sequins for foliage, a planter containing pink roses, two stone urns painted in blue, and planted with miniature trees. The verso is plain silk. Guard length 26.5cm, with a lilac stone in the rivet £150 - 300
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The Flower Meadow: A 19th Century Ivory Fan, painted in autumnal colours, the gorge with a central scene of three chinoiserie figures, the remainder painted with small scale patterns of different designs. Mother-of-pearl thumb guard. The paper leaf, mounted à l'anglaise, depicts a maiden in a flower meadow, surrounded by playful cherubs, the whole in pastel colours. The verso is virtually plain save for simple swags of green foliage and small musical instruments. Guard length 24cm £80 - 120
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Allegory of Love: A 19th Century Bone Fan, with double paper leaf, the heavy sticks and guards elaborately silvered and gilded, and elaborately shaped in the gorge. The leaf depicting a deity and putti distributing flaming hearts to young ladies, whose costumes indicate several cultures, the scene, enclosed in a deep navy and gold border, is full of animation with dogs, sheep, and chickens. The verso is divided into three vignettes, each containing characters whose clothing predates this fan, the central vignette having a young lady warding off the winter cold by wearing a muff, and perhaps preparing to skate on ice. Guard length 26.5cm £80 - 150
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A Circa 1820's to 1830's Fan, with" jewelled" metal guards, the guards of a gilded metal, the gorge sticks pierced and of a slightly more "rose gold" colour. Both guards are inlaid with red paste stones, the upper guard with a white on black cameo of a soldier's head, the lower guard having a white on coral colour cameo with a woman's head. The double paper leaf has a central scene of two couples and a winged cherub, the latter holding a garland of flowers. To the right, a young couple in the dress of the period, the lady in pink, the gentleman wearing a top hat and jacket with waistcoat and holding eye glasses on a chain. A monkey, holding a flower garland, is perched on a dressing table to the side of the lady. To the left, a couple dressed in medieval garb, the man in armour and holding a spear, which bears a message "Conde ...". The outer reserves of the leaf are heavily gilded. The verso depicts a tropical location, with lush vegetation, a lady wearing a sari, seated centrally, shaded by a fringed parasol held by an attendant, a man in European dress wearing a top hat to her right, and a young black boy seated at her feet. The reserves are heavily decorated in gold. Guard length 26cm £250 - 500
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