A c 1830’s bone and Mother of Pearl fan, the upper guards in gold metal, with cut steel inlay, the gorge gilded and silvered in classical design, the double leaf printed and hand coloured with a scene of a lady seated on an island listening to music, an Italianate background with cypress trees and large estate buildings with tower and adjacent chapel, the reserves with red roses and gilding, the verso painted simply in gold on cream, guard approx. 7.25 inches or 18.5cm; a slightly later 19th century fan, the monture Mother of pearl, silvered, the printed double leaf showing a young couple and two other ladies in the countryside with birdcages and tiny birds, the verso with simple gold scrolling on cream, guard approx. 8.5 inches or 21.5cm: and a wood fan, painted black and lightly decorated in gold, with bone thumb guards, the black gauze leaf applied with painted paper to form stone buildings, panels of green silk below forming fields, a solitary lady in applied silk Empire gown, her face and shoulders in painted paper, her form and the remainder of the reserves embroidered with tiny gold sequins in classical fashion. (3)