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An Early 20th Century Cream Gauze Fan embroidered with gold sequins and spangles, mainly in vertical bands, mounted on lightly pierced and clouté ...

A Mixed Lot of Mainly 20th Century Miniature Fans, of a size suitable for a child or doll, consisting of a small brisé in a pressed manmade materi...

Owl and Dragonflies: Two Early 20th Century Gauze Fans, the first with a shaped, painted gauze leaf showing an owl in flight against a starry blue...

Novelty Assortment: A Small Tortoiseshell Brisé Fan, that folds down to be encased in the handle, opening with a sprung lever. Height when open 6....

Modern Fans with a Twist! To include a fan and fan sleeve made by a Yorkshire textile student, the wood monture painted in autumnal shades, the ga...

A Contemporary Fan, by the French fan maker Frederick Gay, and signed by him in the tail of the gold animal to the left. Also signed on the verso ...

Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: A Folding Paper Fan on simple tan wood sticks, the recto printed with an image used for a coin, of t...

The Diamond Jubilee Fan, number 2 of a limited edition of 60, produced for the Fan Museum in Greenwich, boxed. The single paper leaf is mounted on...

A Good, Large Circa 1880's European Ivory Brisé Fan, the sixteen plain inner sticks and two guards rising gently to a point at the tips. A large s...

A Fascinating Conversation Fan, dated 1891, the double paper leaf mounted on carved black wood sticks, possibly ebony. The recto has a vast amount...

A Conversation Fan in similar vein to the previous lot, and surely by the same hand, this time dated 1897, the monture of brown wood (marked by th...

The Wheel of Fortune: A Very Unusual Pair of Face Screens, possibly late 18th century or early 19th century, the handles of a darkly stained turne...

A Fine Wood Brisé Fan, circa 1900 but in Regency style, the sticks delicately pierced and inset with steel, giving a light and elegant appearance....

An Ivory Brisé Fan, circa 1870's, with a monogram painted in grey on the upper guard, and entitled "View from Beneath the Bridge, Richmond" (Surre...

Two Very Feminine Fans of differing forms, the first, circa 1900, a bone fan of the type considered to have been produced in the Philippines, with...

A 19th Century Ivory Brisé Fan in fontange form, all sticks plain, the tips rounded. The recto is well painted with a large spray of Lily of the V...

A European Ivory Brisé Fan, circa 1870's, the upper guard elaborately carved in high relief, the fifteen inner sticks and lower guards plain. All ...

A Scarce Carved and Pierced Cream Mother-of-Pearl Fan, with iridescent shading when held to the light, consisting of fifteen inner sticks and one ...

A Small Folding Feather Fan, opening to a semi-circle, the guards clipping together to form a fixed handle. The feathers, applied in 3 bands, some...

A Late 19th Century Female Ostrich Feather Fan, the monture of tortoiseshell, the appearance rather frothy from the centre to the top, where shave...

A Folding Ostrich Feather Fan, early 20th century, mounted on faux tortoiseshell sticks, the six long feathers of mid blue shading to pale on the ...

A Folding Ostrich Feather Fan, early 20th century, five inner sticks and two guards in a faux tortoiseshell, the long feathers shaded from a dark ...

A Cream Ostrich Feather Fan, circa 1900, medium to large size, the feathers mounted on resin sticks. Overall height 17 inches or 43cm. Together wi...

Four Fans Ranging from 1900 to the 1920's, to include a Mixed Brussels lace fan, the leaf mounted on pink mother of pearl sticks, the main leaf of...

A Good Pheasant Feather Fan, circa 1880's, the monture a large brisé fan in tortoiseshell, with attractively mottled gorge. Tortoiseshell loop. Th...

A Large Tortoiseshell Brisé Fan, circa 1860's to 1880's, of fontange form, good mottling, both guards applied with a gilt metal shaped panel into ...

A Pair of Feathered Fixed Fans or Face Screens, Huron, North American Indian, 1870's to 1880's, the handle of each made from birch bark and embroi...

A Large and Rather Delicious Early 20th Century Ostrich Feather Fan, the colours shading from dark ginger to salted caramel, ending in soft mustar...

An Extravagant Large Ostrich Feather Fan, circa 1900, the monture unusually a mix of dark brown resin guards with rounded tips, and cream celluloi...

Six Publications Relating to Fans: To include "The Fan and Lace" by Beryl Melville; "A Collector's Guide to Fans over the Ages" by Bertha de Vere ...

Five Books Relating to The Fan: To include "Australia's Fan Heritage" by Audrey North, first published in 1985; "The Fan" by Mary Gostelow, first ...

Fans and Fan-Leaves: A Copy of the Catalogue of the Lady Charlotte Schreiber Fan Collection in the British Museum, 1893. Compiled by Lionel Cust, ...

Two Good Quality Books relating to Fans, consisting of "Alexandre, Fan Maker to the Courts of Europe" by Hélène Alexandre"; "Fans in the Royal Col...

Three Books on Fans, to include Prudence Sutcliffe and Susan Mayor; "Eventails" by Maryse Volet and Annette Beenties; "The Book of Fans" by Nancy ...

Two Books on Fans, to include "Ogi, A History of the Japanese Fan" by Julia Hutt and Hélene Alexandre and "Hiroshige Fan Prints" by Rupert Faulkne...

Three Books relating to Fans, to include “A Collector's Guide to Fans” by Bertha de Vere Green, “Fans” by Avril Hart and Emma Taylor and “Eventail...

Two Empty Glazed Fan Frames, the first fan-shaped, unlined, lightly gilded. Interior length along straight edge, approx. 23.25 inches and depth 12...

A Third Quarter 19th Century Lace Fan, the monture of bone, carved, and pierced, fitted from behind with slivers of mother of pearl behind a carve...

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 ...

An Unusual Circa 1880's Lace Fan, the leaf a tape lace with varied needle lace fillings, possibly Luxeuil/Branscombe, (certainly similar), laid ov...

A Late 19th Century Ivory Fan, the monture and loop slightly shaped but otherwise plain, the leaf a cream silk tape lace most likely from Eastern ...

A Late 19th Century Pink Mother-of-Pearl Fan, mounted with a lace leaf of Brussels Bobbin Appliqué, featuring many different flower variations and...

Two Large, Late 19th Century Lace Fans, the first with a plain bone monture supporting a cream satin leaf, surmounted with a Brussels bobbin appli...

Four Lace Fans and a Fan Monture, late 19th to early 20th century: Comprising a large late 19th century bone fan, the monture lightly carved and p...

Rosaline Perlée: A Small Early 20th Century Fan, the monture plain, of resin or "blonde tortoiseshell". The dainty bobbin lace leaf is embellished...

A White Mother-of-Pearl Fan, circa 1900, the monture carved and pierced, silvered and gilded in intricate, classical designs. The upper guard is d...

A Circa 1900/1910 Maltese Silk Lace Fan, the leaf mounted on white mother-of-pearl. The monture, with slightly serpentine sticks, is finished with...

A Large Lace Fan, circa 1890's, the monture plain with chamfered edges to the guards. The light and airy leaf of Brussels Muslin Appliqué on net (...

A Carrickmacross Guipure Needle Lace Fan, late 19th/early 20th century, the leaf mounted on white Mother of Pearl. The lace is designed with small...

A Late 19th Century Black Chantilly Lace Fan, the leaf mounted on tortoiseshell, the upper guard engraved and then silvered with a crown and elabo...

A Large Late 19th Century Mixed Brussels Appliqué Lace Fan, the machine net mounted a l'Anglaise and mainly appliquéd with flowers and veined leav...

A Good Brussels Point de Gaze Lace Fan, early 20th century, the plain monture, of resin or “blonde tortoiseshell” marked on the rear upper guard f...

A Good Brussels Point De Gaze Needle Lace Fan, circa 1880's, the monture of amber resin, the upper guard embellished with entwined initials in gol...

A Rare Italian Marriage Fan, the leaf combining different needle lace techniques, an armorial of each important family at either side of a finely ...

A Mid-19th Century Folding Parasol, the ivory shaft elegantly shaped and ending in something akin to a ball and claw. The black Chantilly lace cov...

A 19th Century Folding Parasol, the cover of light cream tapelace, perhaps Milanese, the lining a lightweight cream silk replacement. The lower sh...

A 19th Century Folding Parasol, the cover made of extremely fine Bedford Maltese lace, insertion panels with raised wheatears enclosing triangular...

A Good, Large, Late 19th Century Black Chantilly Lace Parasol, the lace cover laid over cream silk, the scalloped edge just showing beneath the fl...

A Mid-19th Century Folding Parasol, the very fine black lace cover of fine Chantilly of elaborate design, lined in the original cream silk. The sl...

A Pretty 19th Century Folding Parasol with tape lace cover, relined recently, the lower shaft of ivory, carved with flowerheads within delicate la...