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Lot 2056
Two Mid-19th Century Bone Fans, the first with broad sticks allowing for a colourful painting in the gorge depicting a courting couple by a riverbank, the gentleman down on one knee and holding his lady's hand. The double paper leaf, lithographed and hand coloured, shows a similar scene with winged cherubs carrying flowers destined for the centre of the gentleman's attention, who is unaware of Cupid on a cloud behind her. The verso repeats the romantic theme, this time with country couples sharing a picnic. Contained in a pink velvet fan box with a Duvelleroy label within the lid. Guard length 9.25 inches or 23.5cm. Together with A Bone Fan, with deeper gorge, the recto, lithographed, showing couples and ladies outdoors, amongst wild Spring flowers, a stone well, a windmill and stone buildings in the background. The verso shows a gathering of younger maidens, with one young man vying for their attention. Guard length 10.75 inches or 27.5cm (2) First fan: Purchased at Christie's SK on 23rd October 1979 for £35.00 Second fan: Purchased at Christie's SK on 5th December 1978 for £20.00The first fan has a loss and a split to the first stick in from the left. The bone is very grainy. The bone is discoloured on the verso, and there is a small hole in the leaf directly through the middle of the gentleman. The second fan has a metal plate repair to the upper guard near the rivet, another with similar repair and between those another stick is broken and not repaired. The box is longer than either fan.
Lot 2130
An Early 20th Century Advertising Fan for ''Princes Hotel and Restaurant, Piccadilly London'', the double paper leaf mounted on wooden sticks painted white, the recto showing a country maid selling posies of flowers, the reserves decorated with floral swags and classical stone ornaments on which land a pair of white doves. Together with A Shaped Paper Fan Adverting The ''May Fair Hotel'' and printed with three vignettes in pink and blue, the central study that of perhaps Marie Antoinette, the side vignettes both showing cherubs at play; and An Advertising Fan For ''The Midland Hotel Restaurant'', the double paper leaf mounted on simple sticks, the recto printed in green and gold on cream and showing two social levels of courting couples. The verso is plain (3)
Lot 2127
A Late 19th Century Wooden Brisé Fan, painted with a view of ''The Metropole Hotel, Brighton'' in a vignette bordered with flowers, fan consisting of fourteen inner sticks and two guards, Together with A 20th Century Paper Fan, advertising the ''London and North Eastern Railway, a simple leaf mounted on wooden sticks of the type made in China; Two Similar Fans, advertising ''The Great Eastern Hotel'' and ''The Trocadero restaurant''; A 19th Century Olive Wood Fan, with concealed cockade leaf of the type produced in Sorrento, marked ''Ricordo'' with a figure in local costume painted on the recto; A Paper Fan, mounted on wooden sticks, these being lightly painted in colour, the leaf showing a group of local musicians and dancers performing before a wealthy couple who observe from the stone balcony of their country property. The verso shows a piper playing for a strolling couple; and A Third Paper Fan, mounted on wooden sticks, the recto showing several finely dressed older children strolling in a park by a stone fountain, perhaps in the early days of courtship, not an adult in sight! The verso shows a group of younger children, playing with a skipping rope. Guard lengths: brisé 7.25 inches or 18.5cm; cockade 9.75 inches, 25cm (7)The first stick in from the left on the brisé is split but holding, the ribbon is sound, but unattached at the left, the wood is quite grubby.
Lot 2039
A Pair of 19th Century Rectangular Face Screen or Fixed Fans, of lacquered wood, one painted with Spring flowers, including primulas, snowdrops and crocus, the second with soft roses, auriculas and convolvulus, both bordered with intricate flowers and leaves (as detailed as needle lace with fillings), the turned wooden handles painted in a subtle gold. The versos are printed, one with a river running through a small medieval town, probably French, the stone buildings with tall chimneys, and the other in contrast depicting an oriental river bank, with stylised building and exotic vegetation, a child in conversation with two aged fishermen. Overall height 16 inches or 41cm, width of screen 9.5 inches or 24cmThe second screen is cracked right across and repaired. Both have scratches and some loss to the paint. The gilding on the handles is worn.
Lot 2047
An Early 19th Century Four-Way Horn Brisé Fan, with pointed tips and barrel head. The four painted central panels depict a courting couple by a water fountain, a stone tower with figures below, a bright pink peony with other flowers and buds, and an outdoor scene with figures at work, possibly gardeners. Guard length 6.5 inches or 16.5cmVery slightly warped, discernible when closed. No losses to the horn noted, paint colour good and in good order. Ribbon sound.
Lot 2062
A Small 19th Century Fan, with white mother-of-pearl monture, lightly carved and gilded, the double paper leaf lithographed and hand coloured, depicting a musical gathering mainly of ladies in local European dress, one holding an open fan, with stone, red roofed buildings and a bay with distant mountains in the background. The verso shows young people in Alpine costume, a boy presenting a posy of flowers, a lake and chalet in the background. The reserves recto/verso are heavily gilded. Guard length 8 inches or 20cmGenerally sound with good colour.
Lot 2072
A Circa 1860's Mother-of-Pearl Fan, the monture carved and pierced, silvered and gilded, the deep and substantial gorge sticks mounted with a narrow double paper leaf. On the recto a group of well-dressed ladies and one gentleman relax outdoors, a central group amusing a child by providing a ride on a goat. The verso shows a more tranquil scene of a young man slumbering beneath a tree, with two ladies attempting to shade him from the sun. Contained in a pink period card fan box with floral paper adhered to the lid and sides and an oval panel centrally showing a lady in period dress. Signature underneath the box for ''Mrs Robt Taylor''. Guard length 10.25 inches or 26cm. together with A Bone Fan, with lithographed double paper leaf, the monture carved and pierced, lightly silvered, a small oval mirror set into the upper guard. The recto shows two young ladies seated outdoors, their parasols closed, watching as a small boy plays with a dog. To each side vignettes feature couples being rowed on rivers, in one case also being serenaded, with stone buildings and distant mountains in the backgrounds. The verso features a couple with a small child, who reaches out to another lady proffering a small present. Side vignettes feature ladies in medieval costume. Both sides of the leaf are richly decorated in gold, the recto with the addition of an attractive royal blue to the reserves. Guard length 9.5 inches or 24cm (3)The MOP fan has two gorge sticks broken down at the rivet, the lower slivers missing, and another gorge stick in repaired half way up. The silvering is dull and some of the gilding is rubbed. The leaf is a little crumpled to the sides and there are nicks to the folds. A paper repair is visible to the bottom border on the lower guard/recto. The box is damaged at both ends and the paper is somewhat scuffed. Litho fan, the mirror is cracked, and one gorge stick is splitting but holding.
Lot 2089
A Circa 1900's Ivory Fan, the monture carved, pierced and painted in gold, with the addition of tiny fragments of abalone. The gorge sticks alternate, with a central pair. The single leaf, of flesh-coloured gauze, is embroidered with gold and slightly bronze sequins in rows and columns. A yellow stone finishes the rivet. Guard length 8.5 inches or 21.5cm. Together with An Early 20th Century Bone Fan, the monture carved and pierced in interlinking ovals painted in light gold and a pale taupe. The gauze leaf, mounted a l'Anglaise, has a flesh coloured backing which shows through in places where the deeper colour gauze is cut away, with gold and silver sequins and spangles following the shaped fabric. Further star shaped spangles are embroidered onto the main body of the leaf (2) Purchased at Christie's SK on 17th May 1979 for £12.00 Fan 1 - Very slight light staining. One stick unsecured but present. Fan 2 - The fabric is splitting on the folds in several places. The upper guard is broken just above the shoulder and one rib is missing thus the gorge stick hangs loose.
Lot 397
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,2001, 11" x 14" Front of House or Large lobby cards set of twelve, fantasy film, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith and Julie Walters, directed by Chris Columbus (12) CONDITION REPORT: Good condition.
Lot 464
William Timym MBE (1901-1990), Charcoal and watercolour on paper, Himalayan tiger and cub, Signed lower left, 72cm x 53cm, Framed and glazed, with an oil on board of a stone breaker, a watercolour landscape of a river and village titled verso 'The Cuckmere Valley', a watercolour of geese in flight and a ink drawing of a man and cello (5)
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