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Lot 2047
Three Early 19th Century Brisé Fans, to include a horn brisé with 2 painted images, one of a maiden in pink skirt and dark bodice speaking to a young male holding onto a sheep with dark fleece, the verso with a lady riding side-saddle on a horse, being led by a servant. The twenty inner sticks and two guards are of a pale horn, delicately carved, and pierced, the stick tips being pointed. Barrel head. Contained in a period dull red card fan tube. Guard length 6.25 inches or 16cm. The remaining fans are of carved bone, one with twenty-two inner sticks and two guard, being elaborately carved, the stick tips slightly scalloped along the edge. Guard length 6.75 inches or 17cm, the other a partial fan, with eighteen inner sticks and one guard. Length 6 inches or 15cm, barrel head. The horn fan has a very few tiny losses. Good colour to the painted areas. The second fan has a few losses within the carving. The third fan is A/F.
Lot 2032
A Circa 1900 White Ostrich Feather Fan, with white Mother-of-pearl monture, gilded and silvered, the gorge sticks with the addition of lattice-like piercing. The frothy white feathers are lightly curled at the tips, the upper guard has the addition of a feather section which could be detached and worn as hair ornament. Overall height 16.5 inches or 42cm. One feather has come adrift from a gorge stick. A white cardboard support is attached to another stick, either to support or actually replace the stick after damage. The white feathers are clean.
Lot 2066
Two 1850's to 1860's Wood Fans, both carved and pierced and clouté in silver. The monture on the first fan also benefits from painted panels in white and green, delicate flowers and leaves giving lightness to the gorge. The double paper leaf is lithographed and shows a large group in fine 18th century dress, some dancing, some reading, others strolling. A young girl in the foreground has gathered flowers, and a group of observers hover to the right. The reserves feature a mix of pastel flowers and gold highlights. The verso is relatively plain with simple flower sprays and gold highlights. The shaped loop in gold metal holds an elaborate tassel in pink silk knotted with gold threads. Guard length 10.5 inches or 27cm. The second fan has a cream silk leaf embroidered with silver sequins and spangles which complement the bands of silver within the sticks, the circular carving matching the embroidered circles on the leaf. The verso is plain. Guard length 10.5 inches or 27cm. The first fan is in good order. The sequin fan has a repair to the upper guard at the shoulder and the first stick in from the left is stuck to the lower guard.
Lot 2110
An Early 20th Century Bone Fan, the cream gauze leaf embroidered with silver sequins and spangles, and larger sections with an iridescent green effect. The monture, shaped and lightly carved, is inlaid with further similar panels and larger deeper inserts in the upper guard pick up on this colour. The verso is plain. An Early 20th Century Bone Fan, the gorge sticks serpentine, the monture pierced, mounted with a thin cream gauze leaf painted with pale pink and white flowers and tiny green leaves. Together with a blue card fan box with a name and ''Xmas 1896'' handwritten underneath. Guard length 9.75 inches or 25cm; An Early 20th Century Green Celluloid Brisé Fan, child size, the stick tips pierced, the central area painted with pale flowers. Seventeen inner sticks and two guards. Guard length 5.25 inches or 13cm; A 20th Century Cream Celluloid Brisé Fan, child size, carved and pierced. Guard length 5.25 inches or 13cm; A Paper Advertising Fan, the single paper leaf mounted on plain wood sticks and printed with the American flag. Guard length 10.25 inches or 26cm; A Paper Advertising Fan for Japan Airlines, 20th Century, the recto with a golden bird with outspread wings and'' Japan Air Lines'', the verso of the double paper leaf with a bold image of a Japanese gentleman with rather grotesque expression. Mounted on plain tan wood, the guard marked ''Made in Japan''. Together with A 19th Century Chinese Carved Bone Brisé Fan, with three decorative oval features. Guard length 7.5 inches or 19cm (7) . Fan 1 - The gauze is foxed in places, but sound, as is the monture. Fan 2 - Requires attention. The gauze leaf is splitting and the upper guard is broken. Fan 3 - Sound. Fan 4 - The celluloid fan lacks a rivet and loop. Fan 5 - Good, clean, possibly unused. Fan 6 - Good Fan 7 - Clean, appears sound
Lot 2163
''June Roses'' by Morny: A Very Scarce Paper Advertising Fan, the double leaf in ballon form mounted on lightly incised bone sticks, coloured in pale pink and dull gold. The recto shows a fashionable lady seated on a decorative sofa, wearing a large black hat with feather, a shoe-string strapped gown, long beads, and holding a powder puff. Above her the reserves are filled with colourful, fringed, Chinese lanterns. Signed Leo Fontan. Printed by Maquet. The verso, in acid green, is designed with a decorative plaque stating ''June Roses, Morny, The perfection of good taste in perfume'' Guard length 6.5 inches or 16.5cm Overall height 9.5 inches or 24cm MOR1. Some rubbing to the folds, and nicks to the top edge. One splint noted to the back of a gorge stick, done well. Otherwise in good order. This design not featured in the Malpas research although the scent is. No date noted but probably first quarter of the 20th century.
Lot 2207
A Chinese Carved Ivory Brisé Fan, circa 1830-1850, Qing Dynasty, both guards heavily carved with figures and buildings. Carved both sides, the nineteen inner sticks with rounded tips show scenes of daily life, with figures, boats, and minutely carved trees and foliage. The gorge carving is of flowers and leaves, and just beneath the ribbon, and above a small blank oval spanning three sticks, each stick is carved with tiny circles, each spanning two sticks, with rounded tips. Most sticks very warped, and some are shaded slightly darker at the top. Upper guard broken, section present. Ribbon needs replacement.
Lot 2209
A Mid-19th Century Bone Chinese Mandarin Fan, the monture carved and pierced in a quite regular fashion, the double paper leaf in vibrant colour, the recto being a strong royal blue with touches of orange, and depicting various people wearing robes of applied silk, their faces of painted and applied ivory. The verso, similar, reverses the colour trend, being strongly orange with blue in the reserves. Finished with a simple loop and slender silk tassel. Guard length 10.75 inches or 27cm. One gorge stick seen to have a section missing near the shoulder.
Lot 2150
The Theatre: The Barber of Seville and Others. A Large Late 19th Century Spanish Wood Fan, with a colourful printed paper leaf showing a gentleman in a chair outside a Barber shop waiting for the barber, cut throat razor in hand, to commence his shave. The barber is distracted by the arrival of attractive ladies who are the subject of admiration from other quarters. The verso is plain. Guard length 13.5 inches or 34cm. Together with a modern fan on plain bamboo sticks, the recto printed with a dramatic scene on an extravagant theatre set. The verso has a more biblical scene. Guard length 11.25 inches or 28.5 cm ; a plain black fabric fan on black sticks in a box labelled for The Royal Opera house, another , smaller, for a performance of TOSCA; three more with ''93 Opera de Paris Garnier 94'' (one with a broken gorge stick) ; A limited edition fan for the Barber of Seville at the Palais Garnier in 1192, with a typed note explaining that it is one of a limited edition of 16, and a Chinese type lightweight fan, the upper guard stating ''Lawrence Wright's On with the Show North Pier BL (presumably Blackpool); And a modern flat fan-shaped card advertising a performance of ''My Fair Lady'' at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane ( London) (9) . The large Spanish Barber of Seville fan has 2 broken gorge sticks; the rest of the fans are in unused condition.
Lot 2222
A Good 19th Century Chinese Tortoiseshell Brisé Fan, Qing Dynasty. Twenty-one inner sticks and two guards, the lower one plain, all with rounded tips. The upper guard is carved at the tip with a seated figure, below which is a full-length figure, two more small figures, and flowers completing the stick. All tips contain figures engaged in activities. Centrally, a large oval spanning 10 sticks is filled with several figures, some standing, some seated, and a smaller oval carved with three initials. To the right, the fan is carved with a large pagoda, and a boat spanning five sticks containing figures and ornate passenger compartments. To the left, another pagoda, a figure on horseback and many other figures involved in daily activities. The verso is uncarved. Guard length 7.5 inches or 19cm . Good: note the plain lower guard which is likely a replacement. Ribbon sound.
Lot 2086
A Horse Racing Fan, circa 1900, the monture of bone, the upper guard having a metal case for a pencil attached. The double leaf depicts a scene of six racehorses at full gallop, their jockeys wearing various silks, signed ''Voigard''. The gorge sticks are marked for the user to record betting results. The verso is plain. Guard length 8.5cm or 21.5cm A similar fan, but signed ''T Puging'', was sold for £350 in Tennants Fan Sale of December 7th 2018, lot 79. Some of the colours worn by the jockeys differ. The upper guard and the first stick in are broken just above the rivet, and the leaf has a tear at this point. Colours bright, leaf clean. The pencil and chain are missing from the holder.
Lot 2072
A Mid-19th Century Bone Fan, the monture carved, pierced and gilded, the gorge particularly elaborately, in bands of alternating designs. The double paper leaf shows a rural scene, a river with a water mill aside a brisk flowing river, mountains to the rear, and local inhabitants on a boat being watched by another couple from the near bank. The reserves are decorated with classical scrolling and birds in gold. The verso presents a countryside scene with a distant settlement or ruins, several figures dressed in red, perhaps in uniform, making their way across the fields towards it; Together with A Third Quarter 19th Century Bone Fan, the monture lightly carved and pierced and silvered in bands. The double paper leaf is lithographed with a scene of elegantly dressed 18th century couples in a garden, a grand country house behind them, a classical garden statue to the left, on the banks of a river. The reserves are a pale sea-green elaborately decorated in a rose gold. The verso shows a coastal scene with mountains looming across the water. Guard length 9.5 inches or 24cm (2). Fan 1 - Several issues. One central gorge stick has been crudely repaired at the shoulder. The upper guard is repaired at the shoulder by means of a metal plate and pins. There are nicks to the upper folds and some rubbing to the folds. One fold to the left appears to have been glued in the past. Fan 2 - Generally clean and in good order. On the verso, the far left has some light brown marking.
Lot 2125
A Tortoiseshell Fan, circa 1900, mounted with a leaf of black net, applied white Brussels Bobbin lace, and tiny silver sequins. The lace is of floral design, with leaves, and the centres are filled with needle lace. Tortoiseshell loop. Guard length 9.5 inches or 24cm. The upper guard and first stick in appear to have been repaired. The faintest of lines can be seen just where the gorge is shaped. No splint, nothing obvious.
Lot 2018
An 18th Century Ivory Fan, the monture very fine and slender, the gorge plain, the upper guards carved and painted with flowers leaving parts to be decorated with tiny slivers of Mother-of-pearl, giving a lightness to the fan, and complementing the elegance of the double paper leaf. The recto is very delicately painted with a dull turquoise horizonal band, peppered with tiny silver dots, above which features a shaped border of tiny leaves and flowers. Filling the remainder of the leaf, festoons of leaves tied with ribbons, red dog roses mixed with blue, exotic flowers and convolvulus offset with dark green leaves. The leaf is topped with a band of silver and the verso is completely plain. Contained in a card fan box with exterior gold crossbanding, giving a quilted effect, the inside lid bearing the label for Maison V Viginet, Bréveté de S. M l'Imperatrice. A. Rodien & Cie Succrs, rue de Luxembourg 48, EVENTAILS Rep. d'éventails ECRANS. Guard length 10.25 inches or 26cm. Good, sound, one tiny green mark on an inner fold, second stick in from the left. The first stick in from the left has a small chink out of the ivory, more a fault than an accident, possibly. The box lid ends are damaged but the box serves its purpose.
Lot 2102
Flags Of The Allies, WWI: A Fan with wooden monture painted pale blue, each stick wrapped around with a paper flag representing the seven WWI Allies: from left to right, Italy, Great Britain, Japan, Serbia, Belgium, Russia, France, before the USA joined in 1917. The gorge is further decorated with paper resembling a tied ribbon bow, in the French colours, printed with advertising for the Champagne producer Eugene Cliquot, Reims, founded in 1894, and the words ''La Gloire des Alliés''. The verso, shows champagne in glasses, with the words Héroiqués Alliés Demandez UNE COUPE de ''GLOIRE'', partout'', encouraging the consumption of their champagne named ''La Gloire''. The bottle which can be seen on an advertisement on the Internet, shows the flags and wording as part of the label and refers to 1916. The word deposé (patent) is printed on the flags. Guard length 8.75 inches or 22cm See page 227 of the exhibition Catalogue entitled ''Fans: War and Peace'', the Fan Museum, Greenwich, which shows a similar but later fan from 1918 which includes the US flag, and not that of Russia. Research on the three versions of this fan has also been published in the FCI Bulletin Summer 2014 # 98, researched by member Pierre-Henri Bigger. Very good for the shape which lends itself to problems. Good colour.
Lot 2050
A Good Gothic Style Early 19th Century Wood Brisé Fan, the pale wood painted in pale pink with gilding on both guards and the stick tips. Painted in the centre with a rural possibly Italianate scene of stone towers perched above a hill, a wide river flowing under a major bridge, a fisherman with rod and basket on the bank. The verso is plain. Note the shaped head. Guard length 7.5 inches or 19cm Bears an old label stating ''June 10, 1955, From Mrs Margaret Johnston''. Good and clean. Ribbon sound.
Lot 2069
Madonna and Child: A Mid-19th Century Mother-of-Pearl Fan, with elaborate monture, being carved and gilded with overlaid swags of flowers in shades of gold, the gorge backed with mother-of-pearl. The double paper leaf shows a detailed scene of the Madonna and Child seated for Raphael to paint their portrait, in the presence of the French king Francis I and his courtiers. Other servants provide refreshments, a small dog is laid in the foreground and a large window in the background shows a tower and rooves of adjoining buildings. A lady with small child is watching the proceedings. To either side the reserves are richly decorated with scrolling in gold and pink roses, the background of mid green, within which there is a trompe l'oeil of meandering white bobbin lace. The verso depicts a two-arched bridge over a river. Contained in a card fan box for Haywards of Oxford Street and an additional label for J. Duvelleroy 167 Regent Street W, London. Guard length 10.5 inches or 26.5cm Raphael's Madonna and Child as seen in the National Gallery Collection, also has the tower in the left background. Raphael (1483 - 1520) is thought to have created that work around 1509 - 1511. Raphael does appear to have painted many versions of the Madonna, from around 1503. The leaf has good colour and appears sound. One gorge stick is broken but present, detached at the rivet and the shoulder Some of the overlaid MOP is lacking, notably on both guards, as is the backing MOP on one gorge stick. The lower guard has been repaired by means of a silver metal panel. The leaf is generally in good order save for a minute piece of paper top left corner.
Lot 2026
A Large 18th Century Ivory Brisé Fan, European, carved, pierced, silvered and painted. The central sticks are applied with a large oval of painted paper or fabric, showing an indoor scene of two ladies listening to music being performed by a man and a boy. To each side, a smaller oval painted onto the ivory, with bonsai plants, fruit and wine. The reserves feature small plaques painted with a pair of birds carrying laurel garlands. Each stick is carved in a classical fashion. The lower guards, left plain, are particularly slender. The gorge is delicately pierced with swags. Twenty-four inner sticks and two guards, all with rounded tips. The verso is also applied with a painting, this time of a country couple seated in a clearing near to a stone pergola or folly, surrounded by sheep and a dog, the maiden pointing towards a garland of pink roses that her beau holds away from her. The reserves are plain. Tortoiseshell thumb guards. Together with an 18th century cardboard fan tube with lid, in pale pink. Guard length 10.5 inches or 27cm. The cream silk ribbon is defective in one place. The silvering and gilding are rubbed in places and are no longer bright. The tube is badly scuffed, the paper covering torn in one place, but strong and fit for purpose.
Lot 2211
A 20th Century Chinese Fan, in original heavy hinged wood box, the lid exterior carved with two dragons facing a flaming pearl. The fan itself is suitable for wall decoration, having a span of approximately 60 inches or 152cm, and a height of 38 inches 97cm. A wood brisé, the fan is made from a very pale and lightweight wood, and painted in pastels with a blue background, a stylised tree with white blossom and red berries, and a full moon. The tips of each stick are carved and pierced. The verso is painted with a skyline of high-rise blocks. The box is approximately 41 inches or 130cm by 4.75 inches or 12cm. Together with a quilted fabric carrying bag with zip. The fan was a leaving present for a Company boss who returned to the UK from Hong Kong. The skyline is perhaps that of Hong Kong from the Company's offices. Unused and as new with good colour.
Lot 2138
Champagne and Whisky: Two Printed Paper Advertising Fans, for Champagne, the first of fontange form showing a small white dog seated on an outdoor table sniffing the open bottle of ''Dry Monople'', produced by Heidseick et Cie, Reims; a cockade fan with orange leaf advertising ''Champagne Charles Heidsieck'', Reims; A Folding Fan depicting a couple embracing in a rowing boat, advertising ''OO Old Orkney Scotch Whisky'', and A Larger, Most Unusual Fan, showing a black native in a forest, feathers in his hair, a sign held in front of his body, advertising ''Stower's Lime Juice Cordial'', with a box showing this to be a London manufacturer (4) . All have faults. The first fan lacks a section of the leaf, top right. And also bottom right. The second fan has tears to the paper; the third fan has quite a good leaf but one gorge stick is broken, and the final fan has general wear to the leaf.
Lot 2017
Europa and the Bull: A Very Slender Early 18th Century Ivory Fan, the guards delicately piqué with steel in a floral design, the gorge sticks plain. With the addition of tortoiseshell thumb guards. The double paper leaf, printed and hand coloured, shows Europa astride the bull, enjoying the outdoors and gentle pursuits with her ladies, oblivious to the fact that her bull is in fact Zeus in one of his many disguises. The scene, rolling hills and a stone tower with outbuildings in the background, shows a shepherdess with her flock, a maid carrying water buckets, and one maid with gathered flowers whilst another makes up garlands under the shade of a tree. The verso shows a lone sheep in a field. Guard length 10.75 inches or 27.5cm. The leaf is in good clean order, the lower guard has been repaired at the shoulder with a metal plate. The shoulder of one gorge stick has been well repaired, not splinted.
Lot 2219
A Good 19th Century Qing Dynasty Chinese Wood Brisé Fan, lacquered in black and gold. Twenty inner sticks and two guards, a central scene with border, the same recto/verso, showing an outdoor gathering on a terrace, a gentleman seated, many participants holding folding fans. The border, of feathers, contains an inner border of flowers and auspicious symbols, and the guards are decorated in a similar fashion. Each stick tip contains a different robed figure. Simple metal loop finished with a thin braid loop with decorative woven end. Guard length 7.75 inches or 20cm. Generally, very good. Ribbon intact. One stick has a half inch horizontal split between the feathered border and the stick tip
Lot 2071
An Eclectic Mix Of 19th Century and Slightly Later Fans, requiring attention: To include a mid-19th century wood fan, the monture painted black and gilded, colourful flowers featuring on the guards and in the gorge. The double paper leaf shows a hand- coloured scene of a musical gathering near a county village, with bales of straw in the field and several buildings in the background. The reserves, in very dark blue, are very decoratively and vibrantly gilded. The verso shows several ladies in flamenco costume, one male partner in his finery, the ladies with folding fans. Vibrant reserves coloured in a similar fashion to the recto. Guard length 10.75 inches or 27.25cm; A small celluloid brisé fan for a young girl, likely 1920's, the cream sticks painted with floral swags and clusters. Guard length 6.25 inches or 16cm: A 20th century bone fan, the monture pierced, some small gold sequins added. Mounted with a double cream silk leaf, embroidered with a swagged border of gold spangles which support trailing spangles, a central more elaborate design. The remaining silk is embroidered with tiny floral spangles of four petals. Guard length 9.5 inches or 24cm; A pink Mother of Pearl fan, silvered, with the addition of a pearl cherub to the tip of the upper guard. The leaf, of Mixed Brussels bobbin and needle lace, has a central flower with raised petal; a cream celluloid fan with pierced and gilded monture, the double cream gauze leaf painted with two vignettes of maidens, one holding a fan, the reserves with highlights in a dull gold and showing garden tools. Guard length 8.5 inches or 21.5 cm; A Jenny Lind or Palmette fan, each paper leaf section a strong turquoise blue, with Art Nouveau designs in a bright gold, and stamped work, holes of two sizes. Each leaf panel is finished with cream marabou feather. Overall height without the feather 10.5 inches or 26.5cm (6). The First fan has good strong colour and is fairly sound, two gorge sticks having come away from the ribs, sellotape used as a temporary measure. The celluloid fan has had some decoration adhered to the stick tips which is no longer present. The bone fan has a repair to each guard at the shoulders which need attention, and two gorge sticks are detached at the head. The leaf of the lace fan has most likely been removed for washing and has not been replaced well. Three bone ribs need attention as does one gorge stick and the lower guard. The gauze fan has splits to the leaf. The upper guard is detached and in two parts. The Palmette fan needs attention. The panels need to be re-secured with the linking cotton. The upper guard is broken in the upper section. Two thirds of the lower guard is lacking.
Lot 6
This design was inspired by a sensory garden environment designed with the purpose of stimulating the senses and engaging one’s senses of sight, touch and sound. The Elmer will heighten your sense by enabling you to feel different textures and interact with different sounds, whether it is by triggering the Arduino Sound Sensor and listening to birdsong or running a stick along his trunk.The ArtistPaul Bird is a graphic designer, problem solver and avid surfer. Paul’s Elmer is a celebration of life and senses.St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth does amazing work to ensure people live until their last and whether we are old or young, we experience life through our senses. Having recently become a father, Paul wanted to create an environment where people can enjoy these sensations.
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