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Collections feature strongly in the sale, with part 2 of a superb collection of Chinese Rank Badges and other embroideries joining a local family ...

Gay’s SHEPHERD’S week, a printed fan c 1790’s, with six oval vignettes for the days Monday to Saturday with headings, and names beneath, the ovals...

An 18th century French fan c 1775, with straw applied to the silk leaf, forming flowers, painted with a pastoral scene, friends gathering to play ...

Napoleon Bonaparte: an unmounted paper fan-leaf, French, design registered in 1798, with a central circular medallion profile bust of General Napo...

Dismounted fan leaves: a selection of 18th/19th century fan leaves removed from montures, for reuse or spares/repairs, the first example showing a...

An interesting mid to late 18th century carved and pierced bone fan with double paper leaf, intricately découpé, printed and hand-coloured, the sc...

The Peninsular war: El 10 de Marzo de 1808, an original, 19th century unframed and unmounted printed fan leaf depicting the capture and imprisonme...

The Lady’s Adviser, Physician and Moralist: or Half an Hour’s Entertainment at the Expense of Nobody: London, Publish’d by Ashton and Co No 28 Lit...

Five large fans c 1890’s, the first of owls in flight, accompanied by smaller birds, the cream gauze leaf mounted on lightly incised bone sticks; ...

An ornate 19th century wood fan display case painted with flowers and gold swags, shaped, glazed, probably unique, the front lowering for easy in...

Three fans: “The Berliner Ensemble”, with a folk play from China, a card fan folded into 8 panels, black print on a cream ground; together with a ...

Three large c 1890’s fans, all on black wood, the first with a deep border of painted butterflies, fine fold leaves below, embroidered with sequin...

A painted wood brisé fan c 1880’s, the upper section pierced, the centre painted with forget-me-nots against a white background, guard approx. 23c...

A mid-19th century horn fan with very decorative monture, shaped into shields just below the shoulder, pierced, the gorge etched with flowers, bot...

A good early 19th century, Jane Austen period, brisé fan with many features: barrel rivet, tortoiseshell guards clouté with steel, nineteen inner ...

Two unusual 20th century fans, the first a wood brisé painted black, the sticks shaped and pierced, formed in pairs, the centre of each pair inset...

A sturdy mid-19th century wood brisé fan, the guards polished, quite simple other than “Fontainebleau” being pierced into the central sticks, guar...

A Regency period white mother of pearl fan, the monture decoratively gilded, the upper guards carved with classical designs, the double leaf exten...

19th century light wood brisé fan with a transfer print of a winter scene showing impressive buildings with columns and wooden balconies, perhaps ...

Two Early 19th Century Horn Brisé Fans, both carved and pierced, the stick tips pointed, one painted with a band of colourful flowers, the other w...

A late 19th century wood brisé fan, with a central applied scenic panel of a rural bridge and waterfall and painted to the reserves with waterside...

An equestrian fan dated May 1889 by John Lewis Brown, (1829 – 1890), French with Scottish roots, known for his paintings of horses and dogs and mi...

Two fan storage boxes, the first of a size to fit a large feather fan, (or more) the inside not fitted, the exterior covered in a printed paper, p...

A 19th century printed fan with wood monture showing a formal family scene, in a grand house, possibly a young Queen Victoria, her husband prince ...

A moth or butterfly fan, the paper leaf shaped, with embossed gold decoration and minute gold dots, adding shine to the pastel colours of cream, p...

A sturdy, large, dark brown leather covered fan box, of a size normally containing a feather fan, BUT less deep, possibly for travelling, having g...

Four large and ornate fan or glove boxes, the exteriors in velvet, each fitted with thin embossed metal plates, catches and handles, three lined i...

Rinaldo and Armida: a small 20th century paper leaf version of the well-known fan, backed in this gauze; together with the central sticks for a bo...

A large and vibrant 19th century scrap fan, the wood sticks, in Japanese style, dyed dull red, the red leaf of glazed cotton backed with red silk,...

John and Pippa Brooker: Two original designs, one noted as produced in 2003, in unused condition and contained in elegant eau-de-nil silk fan she...

A dated, painted paper fan, bearing initials for BC, the date of 1906 and a spray of violets to the centre, the wood monture shaped and varnished,...

A small mother of pearl fan, probably burgau, in fontange form, the monture shaped and inset with steel, mounted with a cream silk leaf painted wi...

An elegant c 1905 fan in ballon form, the monture shaped, incised and gilded, the olive-green silk leaf embroidered in swags of gold sequins and s...

An Art Nouveau velvet fan or glove box with floral design in autumnal colours, fitted with a pressed gold-metal clasp, the interior lined in sage ...

A dainty early 20th century painted bone brisé fan, with central cartouche and two side ovals, flowers filling the reserves, green stone to the ri...

A c 1890’s topographical fan, the plain bone monture mounted with a silk leaf in turquoise blue, painted to the left with a large church or grand ...

A light and airy early 20th century fan, the monture of pale horn, gilded and silvered, the cream gauze leaf painted with poppies in varying shade...

A 19th century Vernis Martin style brisé fan, the recto with a tender scene of a young courting couple in a shady glade, the verso with a tranquil...

Two fans, the first a striking 20th century design by Geo Dorival, in ballon form, showing two colourful caged birds, the reserves featuring peach...

Three fans, the first late 19th century, wood sticks painted black and mounted with a fabric leaf of paisley pattern, some gold metal threads in t...

Los Zancos, after Goya, a painted scene, on silk, showing a woman in her balcony watching the street players on their stilts, the leaf in ballon f...

A large late 19th century wood fan, the guards shaped and painted, the leaf mounted in cabriolet fashion, in two horizontal bands, painted silk ov...

A French silk “Trick” fan or eventail à dislocation, the complex bands of alternating cream or lilac silk ribbon mounted on wood painted grey, and...

A white mother of pearl and painted silk fan, early 20th century, a gentle scene set by water, a suitor leaning across a fence towards two young l...

Three 19th century fans, the first a c 1890’s large lace fan with painted gauze panel, the monture of dusky Tahiti pearl, artist G Lasselaz,  the ...

Two mother of pearl fans, the first c 1910, the monture pink, the cream silk leaf backed with cream gauze, the recto with delicate painting of flo...

A matching pair of standing face screens or table/mantle fans, in banner form, Berlin woolwork with beaded border and detail to a central design o...

Two fans C 1900/1910, the first a small gold sequin fan, the leaf of gold lamé overlaid with cream silk, cut away to form swags, the monture gilde...

c1860’s a wood fan with bold lithographed leaf, the recto showing two ladies of high status meeting with a king and courtiers, the reserves filled...

An animal fan by Duvelleroy, in ballon form, featuring a pig wearing a frilly collar and yellow ribbon, signed H Daudet (?), simple wood sticks wi...

A large and showy mother of pearl fan, the wide sticks gilded and brightly painted with flowers, pierced and gilded, the lithographed leaf portray...

c1890s, a large incised bone fan, the cream silk leaf painted with winged cherubs carrying fruits and produce to represent the four seasons, the p...

Three scarves with fan designs, consisting of one by Lanvin, Paris, Made in Italy, 100% silk, with fan designs to the corners, hand-rolled hem, a ...

An arrow fan, the small bone brisé shaped to a definite point at the head, and divided at the tips, these being gilded with lines to emulate feath...

An attractive early 20th century silk fan with double leaf, the recto painted with a cartouche of a maiden and her suitor, the two side vignettes ...

A Belle Epoque fan of ballon form, the shaped monture of shaded mother of pearl, the gorge sticks dyed to take on a bronze shade contrasting with ...

Hotel de Paris-Monte-Carlo, dated 1912, a printed advertising fan signed L. Vallet, designed with a high-ranking officer escorting his elegantly d...

A good early 19th century pale horn brisé fan, barrel head, shaped tips, the main body of the fan carved in 6 bands creating ovals of decreasing s...

A c.1905 pale horn fan, lightly gilded, with olive green silk leaf, cut away in places to reveal mustard gauze, the leaf embroidered with gold seq...

A good, large c 1890’s bone fan, mounted with a deep silk leaf, painted with an informal gathering of friends for a picnic, music and dancing bei...

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