A Canton folding fan, the paper leaf delicately painted with sprays of flowers, the ivory sticks carved and pierced with cartouches and foliage - 11 ½in. (29cm), late 18th century; another, the leaf painted with prunus and birds, handwritten with a poem in couplets on the experience of old age with reference to the theatrical heroes of Classical mythology and English literature, the verso with an intriguing series of rhyming riddles linguistically connected by the preface 'My first' all by the same hand, the ivory sticks pierced and cloute with steel, the guardsticks cloute with steel and mother of pearl; and a collection of European and Oriental fans including a European fan, the silk leaf embroidered with sequins and coloured silks, the bone sticks pierced and gilt - probably Italian, early 19th century; and a rare gauze fan applied with découpé swans - 18th century (12)