Beschreibung:

A brise fan of simulated tortoiseshell painted with chinoiserie - 7in. (19cm.), circa 1820 ; and an unusual fan of gauze, embroidered in coloured silks and with sequins, the sticks alternately of steel and pierced bone - 10in.(24cm.), late 18th century; four 18th century fan boxes; and eight other fan boxes including one labelled Buissot, another E.Creusy, another Faucon and two Duvelleroy ; and a marriage fan, painted with a bird's nest and flowers suspended from ribbons ties with lovers' knots, the ivory sticks carved and the guardsticks carved with a lady - 10in. (25cm.), English, circa 1770 (14)