Lot 68:
Sold for: £10
Description
A collection of ten folding hand fans and assorted decorative objects including examples by Wedgwood. The fan group comprises three fixed-form paper fans featuring floral sprays and a bird on a branch, six larger folding fans in fabric and paper, and one miniature boxed fan. Notable examples include a black fabric fan with embroidered straw-work floral sprays, a hand-painted fan with red floral motifs on dark pierced sticks, and a natural wood fan with intricate fretwork. The blue paper fan depicts a landscape with houses and water, while another paper fan shows figures in a traditional landscape setting.
The decorative objects include a porcelain egg-shaped box marked to the base with a carriage logo and ‘MADE ESPECIALLY FOR RINGRONS LIMITED MADE BY PALISSY A DIVISION OF ROYAL WORCESTER SPODE 13-7’. A square box is printed to the lid with a hunting scene and marked to the base ‘WEDGWOOD Bone China HUNTING SCENES MADE IN ENGLAND’. A circular box featuring blue roses is marked ‘WEDGWOOD Bone China MADE IN ENGLAND ICE ROSE’ with a black vase symbol. An oval box is marked ‘MUSEUM COLLECTIONS THE ARTS AND CRAFTS COLLECTION DAFFODIL FINE BONE CHINA MADE IN ENGLAND’. Two circular blue boxes are marked with a gold anchor device and ‘Limited Edition No. 381’. The lot also includes a blue rectangular box with white classical figures in relief, a silver-tone box with a high-relief insect lid, and an enamelled circular floral box.
Condition report:
The fans show age-related wear including creasing to the paper leaves, minor fraying to fabric edges, and surface dust throughout (photo 1). The fretwork wooden fan appears intact. The porcelain boxes show minor surface wear and shelf-wear to the bases; the hunting scene box has visible grime around the base rim (photo 5). The blue rectangular box shows light surface marking to the unglazed portions (photo 5).
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