Lot 102
A GOOD MID-LATE 18TH CENTURY EBONISED TABLE CLOCK, WITH ASSOCIATED WALL BRACKET Justin Vulliamy, London
14 – 15 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £12,112.50 inc. premium
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A GOOD MID-LATE 18TH CENTURY EBONISED TABLE CLOCK, WITH ASSOCIATED WALL BRACKET
Justin Vulliamy, London
The case surmounted by a typical handle on a shallow caddy with moulded edges over arched glazed side panels to a moulded base raised on block feet, both door panels with pierced quadrant frets backed by red silk. The 6 inch arched brass dial signed on a shaped plaque between the twin subsidiaries for strike/silent and rise-and-fall regulation, the pierced scroll spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, matted centre, shaped mock pendulum and chamfered date apertures, with blued steel hands. The twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with thick plates united by five knopped pillars, half-deadbeat escapement with split back-cock, to a pendulum with thick steel rod pinned into the central sliding section of the heavy lenticular brass bob. The backplate engraved with a symmetrical pattern of interlaced foliage between shaded columns, secured into the case via a pair of engraved L-shaped brackets. Running and striking. Together with a 20th century crank winder. 38cms (15ins) high.
The case surmounted by a typical handle on a shallow caddy with moulded edges over arched glazed side panels to a moulded base raised on block feet, both door panels with pierced quadrant frets backed by red silk. The 6 inch arched brass dial signed on a shaped plaque between the twin subsidiaries for strike/silent and rise-and-fall regulation, the pierced scroll spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, matted centre, shaped mock pendulum and chamfered date apertures, with blued steel hands. The twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with thick plates united by five knopped pillars, half-deadbeat escapement with split back-cock, to a pendulum with thick steel rod pinned into the central sliding section of the heavy lenticular brass bob. The backplate engraved with a symmetrical pattern of interlaced foliage between shaded columns, secured into the case via a pair of engraved L-shaped brackets. Running and striking. Together with a 20th century crank winder. 38cms (15ins) high.
Footnotes
Justin Vulliamy was born in Switzerland around 1712 and was working in London in the late 1730's. He married the daughter of clockmaker Benjamin Gray in 1741 and worked with him as a partner till 1764, when he succeeded him. His son Benjamin Vulliamy was his partner around 1780. He died in 1797.
Provenance:
Single family ownership for three generations, purchased by the vendor's grandfather, a timber merchant.
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