A collar of Brussels Point de Gaze lace, worked with scrolls, partly shaded leaves and flowers with tiered petals--60 x 5in. (156 x 12cm.); a narrow flounce of Brussels mixed lace, with a clover leaf and flowerhead design--60 x 3in. (156 x 8cm.); a set of eight place mats of ivory linen, worked along the borders with geometric whitework patterns and reticella squares--17 x 12in. (43 x 30cm.), with eight matching napkins--17in. (43cm.) square; a collection of various linen and lace; a fan, the bone sticks carved in the form of branches, the gauze leaf painted with kingfishers--14in. (35cm.), late 19th century; two plastic fans; another fan; and a collection of ostrich feathers and tortoiseshell combs(a lot)

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A collar of Brussels Point de Gaze lace, worked with scrolls, partly shaded leaves and flowers with tiered petals--60 x 5in. (156 x 12cm.); a narrow flounce of Brussels mixed lace, with a clover leaf and flowerhead design--60 x 3in. (156 x 8cm.); a set of eight place mats of ivory linen, worked along the borders with geometric whitework patterns and reticella squares--17 x 12in. (43 x 30cm.), with eight matching napkins--17in. (43cm.) square; a collection of various linen and lace; a fan, the bone sticks carved in the form of branches, the gauze leaf painted with kingfishers--14in. (35cm.), late 19th century; two plastic fans; another fan; and a collection of ostrich feathers and tortoiseshell combs(a lot)

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