A later 19th century tortoiseshell brisé fan, the fifteen st...

Hammer

£170

A later 19th century tortoiseshell brisé fan, the fifteen sticks and two guards wedge-shaped and shaped at the shoulder, good mottling, fitted with a ruby silk tassel with closure ring guard approx. 30.5cm; together with another tortoiseshell brisé fan, good mottling, the sticks pierced in horizonal bands, strung as opposed to ribboned, the guards slightly heavier and more elaborately carved and pierced and carved with flowers and leaves, guard approx. 18.5cm, a mid-19th century wood fan with pierced sticks and paper leaf featuring a bullfight, and a Spanish tourist fan (4)

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First fan very slightly rubbed, ribbon sound.