Fine quality, late 18th/early 19th century George III or English Regency period, classically inspired paperweight attributed to the eminent clock maker Thomas Weeks (1743 -1834) of Tichborne Street, London. Gilt bronze ormolu winged cupid holding a circular tablet inscribed ''Omnia Vincit Amor'', Love Conquers All, astride a classically draped patinated bronze lion on a canted gilt bronze beaded white marble base. Famous for its objet d''art, clocks and automatons, Thomas Weeks shop come museum at 3/4 Tichborne Street was the pinacle of fine English craftsmanship, it opened in 1803 and closed on his death in 1834.Based in London, we are dealers in fine decorative antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries. We specialise in this era of enlightenment, neoclassicism and the Grand Tour, with its far reaching influence on style and taste in Britain, Continental Europe and beyond: elegance in the age of Napoleon. Our extensive stock covers all aspects of this period and decorative antique...