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Sale FS10; Lot: 0081: A silver presentation casket engraved with views of Tiverton including the Castle, Old Blundells, St Peters Church and the Town Hall, presented by the Viscount of Tiverton, maker W &amp; S, Birmingham, 1898.

Silver Casket (FS10/81)

Sold for £4,100

Sale FS37; Lot: 0528: Cartier. A two-colour 'Panthere' ring signed 'Cartier', numbered '642684' and '54', 14gms gross weight, ring size N.

Cartier. A Two-colour 'Panthere' Ring (FS37/528)

Sold for £1,600

Sale FS30; Lot: 0764: Jeremiah Day, London a lacquered tavern clock the eight-day duration 'A' frame, weight-driven movement with five-leaf pinions through-out allowing for anti-clockwise winding, the twenty-three inch cream painted dial with black Roman numerals, brass 'heart' hands and a moulded surround, the lacquered case with gilded decoration and painted with a scene to the trunk door depicting an elderly lady asleep with a dog at their feet, as a young boy tickles her nose, with decorative ears to the case sides and a scroll base, signed to the top of the trunk Jeremiah Day, London, height 135cm.

Jeremiah Day, London A Lacquered Tavern Clock (FS30/764)

Sold for £4,500

Sale FS30; Lot: 0719: A rare late 18th /early 19th century cryptograph folding cipher machine with fixed outer silvered dial divided into ninety sections each section with either a number, letter, word or part word, the inner revolving dial with rack and pinion lever wind divided into two scales, one numbered from ten to ninety nine, the inner scale divided into tenths from ten to ninety, with polished steel winding handle to the side, mounted in a red morocco leather case. 19cm diameter.

A Rare Late 18th /Early 19th Century Cryptograph Folding Cipher Machine (FS30/719)

Sold for £4,800

Sale FS26; Lot: 0733: A fine and large Chinese red cinnabar lacquer 'Dragon' box and cover of circular form, the domed cover carved with a five-clawed dragon writhing around a flaming pearl surrounded by cloud scrolls, the sides with four further dragons and two pearls between key pattern borders, the base similarly carved, Qianlong/Jiaqing, 44cm diameter [some damage and wear].

A Fine and Large Chinese Red Cinnabar Lacquer 'Dragon' Box and Cover (FS26/733)

Sold for £44,000

Sale FS21; Lot: 0901: A pair of George III carved mahogany pier tables, with later rectangular tops and moulded friezes, having gadrooned aprons, centred by foliate scroll designs, raised on moulded square chamfered legs, headed with acanthus leaves - The tops were probably originally with marble, now measuring 131.5cm (4ft 3 3/4in) and 133cm (4ft 4 1/4in) x 71cm (2ft 4in).

A Pair of George III Carved Mahogany Pier Tables (FS21/901)

Sold for £26,500

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