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'Fan'tastic: Fans Coming Back into Fashion!

A 19th century English fan fetched £180 (FS12/663)

A 19th century English fan fetched £180 (FS12/663).

There was a diverse collection of fans available in this Sale. Anything from a 19th century English fan with printed and painted paper leaf that sold for £180, to a Chinese pierced tortoiseshell brise fan that realised £1,950.

A Chinese tortoiseshell brise fan, which realised £1,950 (FS12/674).

A Black Ostrich feather fan realised £350 (FS12/672).

Fans are slowly coming back as an area for collecting and Chinese carved ivory brise fans are being avidly bought by the Chinese. Several examples were included in our Sale with examples of single and double sided carved ivory fans, prices ranging from £170 up to £500. The most outrageous fan was a Black Ostrich feather fan contained in a gilt frame that fetched £350.

A Chinese tortoiseshell brise fan, which realised £1,950 (FS12/674).

A Chinese tortoiseshell brise fan, which realised £1,950 (FS12/674).

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Sale FS37; Lot: 1015: A carved oak coat of arms plaque the quartered shield surmounted by a knight's helmet, turret and castle flanked by foliage and tassels, 75 x 69cm .

A Carved Oak Coat of Arms Plaque (FS37/1015)

Sold for £1,400

Sale FS40; Lot: 0618: A Coalport porcelain topographical vase and cover of footed oviform painted with a gilt edged panel containing a classical ruin by Percy Simpson, signed lower left, reserved on a gilt embellished royal blue ground, green backstamp and pattern No 7730/D, captioned 'Ruins of temple near Mt Etna', circa 1915-20, 43cm high.

A Coalport Porcelain Topographical Vase and Cover (FS40/618)

Sold for £150

Sale FS41; Lot: 0659: A pair of Royal Worcester fruit painted cabinet cups and saucers painted respectively with apples, grapes, blackberries, currants and cherries on a mossy ground, one cup and saucer signed Ricketts and one cup Lockyer, puce marks and datecode for 1916 and 1917 respectively, saucer 9.5cm diameter.

A Pair of Royal Worcester Fruit Painted Cabinet Cups and Saucers (FS41/659)

Sold for £250

Sale FS39; Lot: 0727: Holingue Frères, a French Gorge carriage clock the eight-day duration movement having a silvered platform lever escapement and striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, with push button repeat of the last hour at will, the backplate stamped with the serial number 5585 with the frontplate stamped with the initials HL for the maker Holingue frères, the white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, a subsidiary alarm dial, blued steel moon hands and signed for the retailer G Taylor & Son, Paris, the gorge case with typical five-bail handle, height 17.5cm (handle up) 14.5cm (handle down). * Biography Jean-Francois and the younger Louis Holingue were the sons of the carriage clock maker Jean Baptiste and worked in the clockmaking town of Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont, near to Dieppe, producing the rough movements for a number of well-known makers including Paul Garnier and Bolviller; with Louis-Albert Holingue, the son and likely successor of Louis, married and settled in Paris with seemingly little interest in returning to the town, the brothers sold their workshops and equipment to Alfred Drocourt in 1875, having supplied Drocourt for a number of years with movements for his own clocks finished in Paris.

Holingue Frères, A French Gorge Carriage Clock (FS39/727)

Sold for £450

Sale FS39; Lot: 0546: Of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Interest A set of six late 18th/early 19th Century Spode porcelain coffee cups, seven saucers and three similar Chinese coffee cups, transfer printed in blue with the 'Two Temples' pattern (some damage).

Of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Interest A Set of Six Late 18th/Early 19th Century ... (FS39/546)

Sold for £350

Sale FS41; Lot: 0625: A pair of English porcelain topographical plaques one painted with a named view 'Cottage built at Wigmore, Kent in 1599', the other with a view of a valley with figures in the foreground, a village and mountains beyond, possibly Grainger Lee & Co, circa 1830, 12 x 14.5cm, framed. *Note. One with paper label 'The City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery/The British Antique Dealers' Association 1979 ExhNo49'.

A Pair of English Porcelain Topographical Plaques (FS41/625)

Sold for £280

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