Fans & Finery

The autumn Fans and Finery sale brings an eclectic mix of fans, mainly 19th century but some fine examples from the 18th century, something we are...

Two fans and a fabric face screen: A small circa 1820’ pale horn brisé fan, carved and pierced, with 21 pointed sticks and two guards, barrel rive...

Three attractive late 19th century fans, c 1890’s, the first in bone with serpentine sticks, a black gauze leaf edged in machine lace, painted wit...

C 1895, a bone fan, the cream silk leaf painted in Art Nouveau style, with maidens in loose, flowing robes, the reserves with fruits, perhaps figs...

An early 20th century bone fan, a pastiche of an 18th century fan, with very detailed monture, the upper guard and gorge designed with coloured pa...

Four 19th/20th century fans: the first, in white mother of pearl, mounted with a gauze leaf, is painted with a coastal scene, a Victorian lady in ...

First quarter 20th century, two bone fans; the first with carved, shaped and pierced sticks, lightly gilded with the addition of lime green, mount...

19th century floral fans: four large fans c 1890’s, the first with attractive polished wood monture, the leaf of golden silk satin, applied with b...

A fan dated 18 Jan 1883, with rare top closure, monogram to the upper guard, initials on the upper side of the closing panel, the shaped wood mont...

An unusual embroidered fan, the bone monture pierced and set with steel roundels, the silk leaf embroidered with sequins recto/verso, and featurin...

A 19th century bone Jenny Lind fan with elaborately carved gorge, designed with concentric bands of flowerheads, the guards fretted and carved wit...

A feminine Mother of Pearl fan, the monture pink and delicately gilded with flowers, the leaf of painted silk, inset with vertical cream gauze pan...

A circa 1880’s wood fan, the monture with deeply carved guards, the gorge sticks with simple piercing, mounted with a leaf of cream silk embroider...

A varied selection of fans: three Large Late 19th Century Fans, including a showy silver sequin fan with a black gauze leaf, mounted on black wood...

A very unusual face screen or fixed fan, the circular screen fixed to a turned bone handle, in the shape of an arrow. This handle screws off. The ...

Two Jenny Lind or Palmette fans for a young girl, the first with elegant and slender bone monture, the narrow panels in cream silk, delicately pai...

Three fans from the 1890’s: a large wood fan with cream cotton leaf, painted with Pierrot kneeling on a branch and looking through a telescope, th...

Four large fans, late 19th century to early 20th century: the first with white mother of pearl monture, the leaf of cream gauze edged with white c...

An interesting selection of fan forms and design, mainly in need of repair but with potential: A good tortoiseshell fan c 1900, the monture carved...

C1900, a good horn and gauze fan, the monture gilded, the cream leaf overlaid in part with silk and embroidered with minute gold sequins and oval ...

An Art Nouveau fan, the monture of bone, shaped and gilded, the silk leaf painted with a lady in a stylized landscape reaching to pick flowers, he...

A good c 1900 light pink mother of pearl fan, the leaf of gold lamé overlaid with cream silk, cut away in places and embroidered with minute gold ...

Early 20th century, a bone and mother of pearl fan with shaped/ballon silk leaf, the upper guard designed as leaves and a bullrush, the gorge with...

Railway Advertising: Two Printed Paper Fans, the double leaves mounted on basic wood sticks, both advertising the “Chemins de Fer de l'Etat”, the ...

Four scarves printed with fan designs, all in silk, the first in navy, cream and plum, showing European and oriental folding fans in good detailed...

Three good and scarce advertising fans, 1920’s in fontange form: a colourful example showing a view of the seafront at Ostend in Belgium, young l...

A scarce and large soft pink Rhea feather fan, the monture of white mother of pearl, the pink graduated from relatively deep to pale at the tips, ...

Two feather fans with mother-of-pearl montures, the first fairly large, the mother of pearl in pink, gilded, the cream ostrich feathers supplement...

Brussels needle lace: A good mother of pearl fan, burgau, gilded and silvered, the leaf of Brussels Point de Gaze, worked on hand-made net, the de...

Mollie: An unusual, dated, l Brussels bobbin lace fan of large form, the leaf mounted on pink mother of pearl, with shell-shaped head, the cream g...

A Brussels Point de Gaze lace fan, the leaf worked with raised rose petals, hand made net ground, mounted on pink mother of pearl with bone ribs, ...

Ann Collier: Flowers of the Seasons, a fine handmade lace parasol cover designed and worked in pastel threads with 8 panels, to include daffodils,...

Ann Collier: the Peacock, a bobbin lace fan leaf designed with a central peacock with outspread tail, diamanté stones applied to form the eyes on ...

Ann Collier: A unique handmade fan leaf created by Ann Collier, in a departure from her usual style,20th century, the large leaf worked with a bac...

Ann Collier: Bedfordshire lace combined with painted silk to form the leaf for this incised bone fan, a classic design with wheatears, AC initials...

Ann Collier: A unique handmade lace fan leaf created by Ann Collier, 20th century, the leaf worked with daisies and butterflies, the background an...

Ann Collier: A unique handmade lace fan leaf created by Ann Collier, 20th century, the leaf with a gold bobbin net ground, applied with a needle l...

Ann Collier: A folding parasol with 19th century carved wood frame and handle, the cover created in Carrickmacross or Brussels muslin appliqué sty...

Ann Collier: Horoscopes, a silk lace cover for a folding bone parasol, worked in Bedfordshire lace with each star sign contained in a teardrop sha...

A mid-19th century Chinese Mandarin fan, the wood monture painted and gilded, the guard in red with gold figures and flowers, the gorge sticks sim...

A 19th century petit point picture featuring a game of cards, the two male payers with very detailed and characterful faces, one rather perplexed ...

Antique Lace: a quantity of early bobbin and needle lace, to include Brabant and Milanese, in various lengths and designs (16)In good used order

Antique Lace: An unused Youghal needle lace cap with side lappets, designed with meandering flowers and leaves; together with a fine Alencon needl...

Hollie Point: A fine linen chemise or shirt for a baby, in a generous size, the shoulders inserted with fine panels of Hollie Point needle lace, a...

Antique lace: a deep silk Maltese collar, the design incorporating the Maltese Cross, worked in 3 bands of different designs, the central band qui...

19th century Christening gowns, frilled or extensively embroidered, and their long petticoats, Edwardian eyelet work dress with petticoat, frilled...

Victorian to Edwardian lace and children’s wear: to include an unused, embroidered gauze, bodice front panel; a length of macramé fringing studded...

19th century beaded bags: three woven- metal beaded bags, the first in gold and very pale green, shaped and fringed, with embossed metal frame an...

Miser’s Purses: a selection of eight miser’s purses, in a variety of designs and colours, mainly beaded with cut steel (8)In used condition with a...

Miser’s Purses: a selection of 17 miser’s purses of different colours and designs, some beaded in cut steel, others with decorative toggles (17)In...

Six miser’s purses with unusual features: the first, in beige and dark blue, b...

19th century beaded bags: three woven beaded bags with draw-string tops, all with tassels, floral designs, all lined, one with kid, this bag being...

Nine miser’s purses, in a range of weights and designs, mostly beaded: four with geometric designs to the ends, two beaded horizontally, one more ...

Seven miser’s purses, some beaded, some with metal thread: the first, in ginger, black and yellow, is heavily beaded in gold metal; the second, in...

A good 1950’s beaded evening bag, marked as Hand Made in Hong Kong, the tiny cream beads offsetting a front panel of petit point, in a floral disp...

19th century costume accessories: a collection of feathers, including one large spray consisting of 5 black ostrich feathers linked together, plus...

A gentleman’s cream woven silk waistcoat, the silk designed with flowers and a trompe l’oeil ribbon, mustard thread highlighting the floral design...

A wired bustle back 1880’sfull-length cotton part-petticoat, white with narrow black stripe, internal ties, front buttons, black braid to the sca...

A good Georgian gentleman’s linen shirt, particularly long, small collar, button front, pleated front panel, hand-stitched, long sleeves with cuff...

A 19th century red satin quilted petticoat, machine stitched, the upper section, a slightly different fabric to the main body, unquilted, is lined...