A Finely Carved Fan Commemorating Nelson’s Famous Victory ‘Battle of the Nile’

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A Finely Carved Fan Commemorating Nelson’s Famous Victory ‘Battle of the Nile’

Finch & Co

Epoque 1800-1850

Origine France, England

Medium Ivory, polychrome, polychrome and ivory, marcasite, Silk

Dimension 25 cm (9⁷/₈ inches)

A Finely Carved Fan Commemorating Nelson’s Famous Victory of ‘Battle of the Nile’ also called ‘Battle of Aboukir' (Abukir) Bay’ on 1st August 1798
Ivory, marcasite, silk, polychrome
France

Circa 1800

SIZE: closed: 25cm long - 9⁷⁄₈ ins long

Belgium CITES: 2025/BE00996/CE

Epoque: 1800-1850

Origine: France, England

Medium: Ivory, polychrome, polychrome and ivory, marcasite, Silk

Dimension: 25 cm (9⁷/₈ inches)

Provenance:
Belgium CITES: 2025/BE00996/CE

Exhibition: The extremely fine pierced ivory ‘brisé’ fan displaying a central ‘cartouche’ depicting a scene recording the famous battle, with the pyramids shown on the banks of the river. Two sphinx painted within the border. The ‘guard’ decorated with minute marcasite faceted beads.
The Battle of the Nile was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast off the Nile Delta, Egypt from the 1st to the 3rd of August 1798.

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