Fine Art and Antiques Auction

Two late 18th century fans, the first with slender wood monture, the guards painted red and gilded, with bone thumb guards, the double paper leaf ...

The 18th century: a bone fan mounted with a coffee-coloured double paper leaf, the recto lightly gilded, guard approx. 27 cm, together with a simi...

An 18th century engraved fan, The Shepherd’s week, by Gay, with six medallions illustrating the poem, working through Monday to Saturday, with mal...

“Tatters, Nov 1884”: A charming large late 19th century silk-leafed fan, the bone monture painted a soft turquoise, the central cartouche painted ...

A large c 1890’s folding fan, the monture a mix of bone to the guards and pierced metal to the gorge, the dark cream silk leaf embroidered in silk...

Two mid-19th century fans, and one earlier, the first with pale horn monture, carved, pierced and gilded, double paper leaf, lithographed, the rec...

Two white mother of pearl and Belgian lace fans, late 19th century, the first with Bobbin lace leaf, worked with flowers and swags, guard approx. ...

A small Brussels mixed lace fan of fontange form, the leaf mounted on pink mother of pearl, a central cartouche worked in needle lace on a hand ma...

A Brussels mixed lace fan, with three medallions of 21.5 cm; together with needle lace flowers, the reserves in bobbin lace, mounted on pink mothe...

Three very different paper fans, the first a Jenny Lind or Palmette fan, the separate paper panels forming a scene of buildings and a river over a...

A good tortoiseshell brisé fan, eighteen inner sticks and two guards, both guards adorned with gold metal carved and pierced and fitted with turqu...

A large late 19th century mother of pearl/burgau fan, boxed, the white gauze leaf painted with a hunting scene, hounds following the scent, guard ...

Three 19th century lace fan: A large 1890’s black hand-made lace fan with three painted gauze inserted panels, the central panel portraying an 18t...

Four novelty fans, cockades, two very sturdy, formed as Vin de Champagne bottles, the lids holding the paper cockade leaf, height approx. 15 cm wh...

A very feminine early 20th century gauze fan in fontange form, the mother of pearl monture dyed cerise and clouté with silver, the leaf painted wi...

Novelty fans: a mid-19th century bone telescopic fan, the double paper leaf lithographed in fresh colours, the recto depicting a group of friends ...

Three 19th century fans, the first a Jenny Lind or Palmette example, the leaf panels mounted on carved, pierced and gilded wood, the cream panels ...

A matching pair of large Victorian face screen, with turned wood handles, gilded, the cream silk stretched on a gilded frame, painted with delicat...

A very rare pair of beaded 19th century hand screens or fixed fans, the screens mounted on turned wood handles, gilded, the fan formed from two la...

An antique glazed fan frame/shadow box to take a very large fan, gilded, with a decorative design, fitted with clips to enable the fan to be remov...

A good late 19th century fan, the monture of Tahiti pearl, the leaf of black machine lace with a floral design, backed with a cream gauze, mounted...

Brussels needle lace: a fine and large late 19th century Brussels fan, the lace of Point de Gaze, finely worked with a large floral spray and seve...

Cherubs at Play: a large late 19th century Brussels bobbin lace fan, the leaf with a central gauze cartouche painted with cherubs, one bashfully h...

A smaller lace fan, Brussels bobbin lace, with unusually with embroidery to the gauze leaf, a lady in 18th century dress being serenaded by her su...

C 1880's, two fans with black wood montures, the first mounted with a fabric leaf printed in the style of a paisley shawl, in bold colours and bac...

A c 1910 Brussels mixed lace fan, the monture of tortoiseshell, well mottled, the ribs the same, the central feature of the leaf being worked with...

C 1880's, a good Brussels needle lace fan, Point de Gaze, with unusual design features, being large sprays of strap-like leaves, palm leaves, feat...

Brussels lace, Point d'Angleterre: a very fine and intricate lace fan, a mix of bobbin lace and fine needle lace fillings with the small flowers a...

A large late 19th century Brussels lace fan, the central panel of Point de Gaze needle lace, surrounded by scrolls and flowers in bobbin lace, mou...

Seven large late 19th century folding fans: an elegant wood fan, the monture gilded, the strong black gauze leaf painted with a winged fairy in hu...

A paper advertising fan in fontange form for The Royal Horticultural Society, the black wood monture painted with meandering leaves, the paper lea...

Two commemorative fans, the first produced for the SPS Installation Dinner 28th April 2010, The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, showing a white...

The Worshipful Company of Fanmakers: Two commemorative fans both bearing the Coat of Arms of The Company, the first issued in 1998, as a limited...

C 1905/10, a small and elegant tortoiseshell fan, the monture of tortoiseshell, with good mottling, the ribs the same, barrel head, mounted with a...

C 1905/10, a wood fan with incised and clouté monture, the black gauze leaf applied with silk panels and embroidered with silver sequins, guard ap...

An exceptionally large 1920’s feather fan dancer’s fan, shaded from rose pink to pale pink/cream, curling over at the top in the fashion of a Wate...

Three marquetry feather fans, the first of cream celluloid, painted with s desert scene with palms and camels, and embellished with mottled and br...

A very large and fluffy white ostrich feather fan, the monture of cream celluloid, the long feathers simple but showy, overall height approx. 55 c...

Three feather fans, early 20th century, the first with monture of wood, painted white and silvered, the white feathers mounted on a pale peach pap...

A 19th c fixed feather fan from South America, contained in a shaped box bearing the retailer’s details, one Mlles M & E Natté, 44 Rua do Ouvidor,...

C 1900, a good white ostrich feather fan with mother of pearl monture, the head and should attractively shaped, overall height approx. 43 cm, span...

A good, large female ostrich feather fan, the attractive feathers mounted on tortoiseshell, the head and shoulders shaped, contained in a fitted f...

An early 20th century white feather fan, the monture of pale wood, with an elegant gold line following the shape of each stick, the feathers shape...

A cream feather fan c 1900, ostrich and possibly marabou, or simply shaved to give a light and fluffy upper layer, the monture of burgau, containe...

Five feather fans: a small, shaped, Jay feather fan mounted on tortoiseshell, overall height approx. 22 cm; together with a small celluloid brisé ...

A large ostrich feather fan in vibrant cerise, the tips in rose pink, mounted on tortoiseshell, height approx. 56 cm, span approx. 82 cm; together...

A pair of native North American Indian fixed fans, each applied with feathers and birds, the handles of birchbark embroidered with figures and flo...

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A small Chinese folding fan, Qing Dynasty, the monture of carved bone, the white gauze leaf embroidered with a floral spray and a butterfly in fli...

A mid-19th century Chinese Mandarin fan, Qing Dynasty, the lacquered and delicately painted monture well shaped at the shoulder, each stick painte...

A Chinese carved sandalwood brisé fan, Qing Dynasty, with fourteen inner sticks and two the guards very deeply carved, mainly with figures and bui...

A mid-19th century Chinese Mandarin fan, the monture lacquered in black and painted in gold, the double paper leaf painted recto/verso with a vari...

Chinese fans: a bone and peacock feather /painted goose feather fan, Qing Dynasty, benefitting from its original box, bearing the label for MOW WA...

A Chinese folding fan, the monture of bone and tortoiseshell, the paper leaf with gold background, the recto painted with colourful flowers and le...

A very unusual possibly 18th century Chinese folding paper fan, the double leaf mounted on wood sticks lacquered in black and gold, featuring a we...

A Mid-19th century Chinese Mandarin fan, Qing Dynasty, the monture of carved bone, the double-sided leaf featuring a large gathering of court offi...

A Canton Chinese filagree silver-gilt metal and enamel brisé fan, c 1830, the design of buildings flowers and foliage in blue and green enamel, wi...

A Chinese lacquer brisé fan, Qing dynasty, nineteen inner sticks and two guards, the black lacquer decorated with gold, some traces of a red layer...