Three 18th Century Ivory Fans, to include an unusual example...

Lot Description:

Three 18th Century Ivory Fans, to include an unusual example with recto/verso painted on vellum en grisaille with a depiction of rolling English fields and copses stretching well into the distance under a cloudy sky. The more focused scene on the verso shows perhaps a tombstone or animal grave marked with a cross, close to a stone cottage (or is it simply a well?). The monture is well carved and the guards both feature a seated lady, and flowers. The gorge centre is elaborately pierced, the focus being on a shepherdess and her suitor in a shaped oval cartouche. Small square side vignettes are carved with flowers in containers, and all other sticks feature scrolling and flowers, the lower gorge particularly attractive with overlapping design. Guard length approx. 11 inches or 28cm. Together with Joseph: A Mid-18th Century Ivory Fan, probably Dutch, the vellum leaf mounted à l'Anglaise, the upper guards carved with the profile of a man to the upper guard and a lady to the lower, together with a vase and perched bird. The gorge is carved with three ovals, containing chinoiserie figures. The leaf features Joseph in the centre, and money changing hands. A camel is tethered in the bushes to the right. Side vignettes feature fruit. The verso is plain. Guard length approx. 11 inches or 28cm; and A Circa 1760's Découpé Fan, the monture of ivory, the upper guards carved and pierced and painted with flowers and bands of turquoise, complementing the painted gorge. The leaf features a distinctive bird, perched on a branch of blossom. To the left, a stylised vase, an open fan with floral leaf placed on the top. The decoupage is worked along the top border and in several sections in the body of the fan Guard length approx. 11 inches or 28cm (3)

Condition Report:
. The scenic fan has subtle leaf repairs to either side, a nailed ivory repair to the lower section of the upper guard and another ivory repair to the first stick in adjacent. Repair near the lady on the upper guard. No signature noted. Joseph: the leaf is slightly tired and several folds are taped from the verso to prevent small splits enlarging. Lacking some sections to some ribs. A little grubby. The découpé fan lacks a rivet, and some parts of the leaf to the upper right. The tip of the lower guard has damage but is present, and some tape has been applied onto the verso over some of the leaf.