Lot 117 - Antique Carved Bone Brisé Fan Staves with Pierced Floral and Vine Designs in Glass-Top Riker Display Case

Lot 117 - Antique Carved Bone Brisé Fan Staves with Pierced Floral and Vine Designs in Glass-Top Riker Display CaseAntique carved bone staves from a bris style folding fan, presented disassembled in a glass topped display case. The pieces feature pierced openwork floral and vine scroll designs throughout, with one wider guard stick bearing more elaborate carving and several narrower ribs with corresponding pierced patterns. The staves are loose and lack the connecting rivet pin at the base.

This is a grouping of eight police arrest cards

and spray and nasal pipes

likely from the original catalogue or magazine it was taken from

Reward stands good until December 31

each of 36 guns

” listing its uses and cautionary note

The antler section retains its natural cylindrical form and surface coloring

Presented under glass in a dark-finished frame with beaded molding detail

" The reverse of the case is engraved with a stag standing in grass

spine covering loss

mounted over a metal-clad board with brass edging and a brass clasp at the fore edge

The typewritten letter has overall toning