Oliver Cornish
Sale Coordinator for Furniture, Sculpture, Rugs & Tapestries
Lot 112
Three printed paper folding fans comprising a rare 'Sunday Memoranda' fan, an 'England Since the Conquest' fan and a 'Monarchs of England' fanEnglish, late 18th century
3 December 2025, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£500 - £600
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Helena Gumley
Head of Sale Carpets and Tapestries
Three printed paper folding fans comprising a rare 'Sunday Memoranda' fan, an 'England Since the Conquest' fan and a 'Monarchs of England' fan
English, late 18th century
The leaf to the first fan printed either side with the history of the Reformed Church of England from the 16th century and the Protestant Martin Luther to 1751, with biblical psalms and proverbs and the names of the Archbishops of Canterbury, York and others, inscribed to one side Published as the Act Directs for John Cock and J P Crowder, Wood Street, Cheapside, London, April 29th 1794, the whitewood sticks with mother of pearl rivet, the leaf to the second fan printed to either side with compartmented scripted passages and timelines within garlanded foliate borders, marked to one side S. J. Neele, 352 Strand published 10 Aug. 1793 by J. Cock and J. P. Crowder, Wood St., Cheapside, with whitewood sticks and metal rivet, the leaf to the third fan printed to either side with compartmented hand coloured oval royal portraits and histories below garlanded borders, inscribed to one side CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE of ENGLISH HISTORY, the other side CALCULATED for the ENTERTAINMENT of the LADIES' the edge marked Published 17th April 1789 by J Pike, No.36 Cheapside, with whitewood sticks and mother or pearl rivet,
The first, 25cm high, 40cm wide, the second, 28cm high, 49cm wide, the last, 24cm x 41cm (3)
The leaf to the first fan printed either side with the history of the Reformed Church of England from the 16th century and the Protestant Martin Luther to 1751, with biblical psalms and proverbs and the names of the Archbishops of Canterbury, York and others, inscribed to one side Published as the Act Directs for John Cock and J P Crowder, Wood Street, Cheapside, London, April 29th 1794, the whitewood sticks with mother of pearl rivet, the leaf to the second fan printed to either side with compartmented scripted passages and timelines within garlanded foliate borders, marked to one side S. J. Neele, 352 Strand published 10 Aug. 1793 by J. Cock and J. P. Crowder, Wood St., Cheapside, with whitewood sticks and metal rivet, the leaf to the third fan printed to either side with compartmented hand coloured oval royal portraits and histories below garlanded borders, inscribed to one side CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE of ENGLISH HISTORY, the other side CALCULATED for the ENTERTAINMENT of the LADIES' the edge marked Published 17th April 1789 by J Pike, No.36 Cheapside, with whitewood sticks and mother or pearl rivet,
The first, 25cm high, 40cm wide, the second, 28cm high, 49cm wide, the last, 24cm x 41cm (3)
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Provenance
Property of a lady.