Lot 2170
A Late 19th Century Lace Fan, the leaf of Brussels bobbin appliqué backed with gauze, mounted on white mother-of-pearl, the upper guard with a carved initial ''C''. Contained within a turquoise blue satin covered fan box with the label for ''Vernier-Chardin, 19 rue Auber, Paris, the initials ''CC'' in gold on the lid exterior. Guard length 10.5 inches or 27cm Purchased at Phillips London on the first of September 1983 for £100. Noted in that catalogue ''Formerly the property of Princess Catherine Caratheodori whose husband, the Regent of Samos, represented the Ottoman Empire at the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II in 1896.Some splitting to the gauze on the verso, some traces of glue noticeable.
