Lot 150:
Sold for £550 hammer
Estimate £100-£150
An early 19th Century George III sixteen-stick paper and bone fan decorated in polychrome with a portrait of Nelson 'Who gloriously fell off Trafalgar 21st Oct 1805' with 'my Briton Battle Main, Rapture gild your parting hour, Death in his despotic reign, Claims but here ornaments prior' flanked by two roundels one with Duff, the other with Cooke, guard length 18.5cm S/D
Condition report
It is missing the back guard. Several small tears and creases, several small holes. Some patch staining and the bone has some ingrained dirt.
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