Three French fans, the first marked on the left... Lot 78

Three French fans, the first marked on the left for the fan retailer E. Creusy, Paris, the double silk leaf mounted on light pink Mother of Pearl, guards and gorge gilded , a central cartouche showing a maiden listening to bagpipes played by her beau, her birdcage in the tree above, four smaller vignettes featuring musical instruments and scores, all bordered with tiny gold sequins, swags of coloured spangles filling the reserves, the verso plain, guard approx. 11 inches or 28cm; a second French fan, likely c 1770’s to 1780’s,this time with double paper leaf, etched, the central scene one of porters loading luggage onto a sailing ship, entitled “Le Départ des Officiers”, a lady in fine 18th century dress and a young man having come down to the coast to see an older man board ship, plain bone monture save for crude floral painting to the upper guards, guard approx. 10.5 inches or 26.5cm; and a slender wood fan, c1800, the wood painted in bands with muted colour and classical design, the double paper leaf en grisaille with slight colour for the face and hair of a maiden seated by an altar adding a potion to flames, probably a mourning fan, the verso virtually plain, guard length approx. 9 7/8 inches or 25cm (3)