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Sale FS40; Lot: 0534: A Clichy miniature paperweight set with two concentric rings of coloured canes around a central flower cane beneath five printies, 4.5cm diameter.

A Clichy Miniature Paperweight (FS40/534)

Sold for £180

Sale FS39; Lot: 0403: A pair of late 19th century engraved and applied glass claret jugs and stoppers probably Stevens and Williams, each with threaded cranberry bands to the foot, neck and stopper, finely engraved and intaglio cut, one with setters and game birds in a wooded landscape, the other with greyhounds chasing a hare, 30 cm.

A Pair of Late 19th Century Engraved and Applied Glass Claret Jugs ... (FS39/403)

Sold for £600

Sale FS39; Lot: 0730: Grignon Meusnier, a French mantel clock with calendar the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped with the maker's details Grignon Meusnier, Paris, Breveté, 117, the skeletonised dial having a white enamelled chapter ring with black Roman numerals and blued-steel moon hands, with the balance to the movement visible within the centre along with a silvered alarm setting disc and winding arbor, with three further subsidiary dials set below within the case depicting the day, month and date, the gilt-metal case of scroll form and surmounted by a cast matching handle, the case numbered 117 and stamped with the initials GM to the decorative rear, height 19cm * Biography the founder Pierre Grignon is recorded as working in Paris from the mid-18th century. by circa 1860 the business was known as Grignon Meusnier recorded at rue Charlot 60in the heart of the clockmaking region of the city. in 1853 they had been granted a patent for the fitting of a movement pendulum (balance).

Grignon Meusnier, A French Mantel Clock with Calendar (FS39/730)

Sold for £820

Sale FS40; Lot: 0993: An 18th Century Dutch walnut bombe bureau, the shaped and quarter burr veneered hinged fall enclosing a shaped and graduated fitted interior with small drawers and pigeon holes, about a central enclosed cupboard between turned half column concealed compartments, having a well with sliding cover, containing three long drawers below, between shaped canted angles, the shaped apron base with flowerhead and foliate ornament, on carved hair claw and ball feet, 137.5cm (4ft 6in) wide.

An 18th Century Dutch Walnut Bombe Bureau (FS40/993)

Sold for £1,850

Sale FS37; Lot: 0746: A Wemyss Ware pottery cat modelled in seated posture and decorated with pink cabbage roses, with inset glass eyes, painted Wemyss Ware JN and Made in England, 32.5cm high.

A Wemyss Ware Pottery Cat (FS37/746)

Sold for £980

Sale SS2; Lot: 0125: An Italian 12-bolt mixed gas diving helmet by Galeazzi, number 'BPG R04' (matching), circular side and front windows, the former with guards, lashing eyes, knurled spitcock, side outlet with head button, the rear intake connecting with pie attached to the rear of the corselet for reintroducing any breathed air if required, the corselet with mouthpiece for the closed air system, regulator knob, maker's plate as per title, brass brails, 53cm high.

An Italian 12-bolt Mixed Gas Diving Helmet by Galeazzi (SS2/125)

Sold for £7,200

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