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Fan

A fan from Cairo, Egypt. The slats are made from pierced ivory and are held together by a brass loop. There is a red and yellow tassle suspended from this loop.

Fan

An ivory fan with pierced decoration at the base of the slats. Further along the slats are covered in embroidered satin with green feathers at the ends. There is a brass loop for suspension at the pivotal ...

Fan

A fan with slats made of ivory. The slats have paper lace folded between them.

Fan

A Victorian fan, c.1880. The slats are made from mother of pearl and covered with silk and lace above the spokes. The slats are fixed with a brass loop at the pivotal point. The fan is contained within ...

Fan

A fan consisting of ivory or bone slats decorated with mother of pearl. Above the spokes the slats are covered with paper bearing a hand-painted classical scene. The slats are held together with a brass ...

Fan

A fan consisting of ivory or bone slats covered in fine lace. The slats are held together with a metal wire loop.

Fan

An ivory fan with pierced decoration. It has a grey and yellow tassle and a brass loop.

Fan

An ivory fan from the Victorian period made with silk. It is decorated with gold sequins. Where the ivory ends the 'spokes' have pierced decoration and metallic inlays.

Fan

A carved Chinese ivory fan with the initials M.K. at the centre. The scenes are very finely carved.

Fan

A carved ivory fan decorated with hand painted watercolours of Chinese scenes.

Fan

A carved ivory fan decorated with hand painted multi-coloured flowers on a fine mesh net.

Fan

A carved ivory fan decorated with cream silk and gold and white floral embroidery.

Glasses and Box

These spectacles belonged to Isaac Evans, the brother of George Eliot. Their father, Robert Evans, had passed them down to him. Isaac and his sister had been close when young, but later disagreed over ...

Glove Stretchers

A pair of bone glove stretchers which are undecorated and have a scissor like movement.

Hair Pin

A long, carved ivory hair pin with a decorative head of two pierced panels. It was originally thought to be from Namibia, but is more probably from Gabon in West Africa.

Hair Pin

A long, carved ivory hair pin with a decorative head of two pierced panels. It was originally thought to be from Namibia, but is more probably from Gabon in West Africa.

Hair Pin

A long, carved ivory hair pin with a decorative head of two pierced panels.It was originally thought to be from Namibia, but is more probably from Gabon in West Africa.

Hair Pin

A carved ivory hair pin, from Namibia. The head is decorated with a carved cross.