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19TH CENTURY
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FOUR FANS
19TH CENTURY
The first with mother-of-pearl sticks cloute in silver and gilt, the gauze leaf applied with oval vignettes and signed E E Murray, painted with jay and pheasant feathers and embellished with gilt sequins; in white satin Duvellroy box ; another, probably French, the mother of pearl sticks carved, silver and gilt and pierced, painted with a pastoral scene; another, the mother of pearl sticks with gilt mesh leaf applied with gilt embroidered trophies of gardening among scrolling foliage, embellished with gilt sequins; in Duvellroy box with a paper slip ‘Fan presented by RH when she opened St Botolph's Hall, Bishopsgate, for the Worshipful Company of Fanmakers 23.10.52’; another spangled fan with tortoiseshell sticks
The largest: 9 ¾ in. (25 cm.) long
19TH CENTURY
The first with mother-of-pearl sticks cloute in silver and gilt, the gauze leaf applied with oval vignettes and signed E E Murray, painted with jay and pheasant feathers and embellished with gilt sequins; in white satin Duvellroy box ; another, probably French, the mother of pearl sticks carved, silver and gilt and pierced, painted with a pastoral scene; another, the mother of pearl sticks with gilt mesh leaf applied with gilt embroidered trophies of gardening among scrolling foliage, embellished with gilt sequins; in Duvellroy box with a paper slip ‘Fan presented by RH when she opened St Botolph's Hall, Bishopsgate, for the Worshipful Company of Fanmakers 23.10.52’; another spangled fan with tortoiseshell sticks
The largest: 9 ¾ in. (25 cm.) long
Provenance
H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester, later Princess Alice (1901-2004).
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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