Lot 71
A good late 18th century ebonised table clock Justin Vulliamy, London
13 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,480 inc. premium
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A good late 18th century ebonised table clock
Justin Vulliamy, London
The shallow caddy top case surmounted by a cast brass leaf handle over arched glazed side panels, with glazed front and back doors, both with top quarter frets, the whole on a moulded plinth base and brass bracket feet. The 7.75inch broken-arched dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, the matted centre with chamfered date and mock pendulum apertures, all within cast scroll spandrels, the arch with silvered subsidiary Strike/Silent and regulation dials flanking a silvered signature cartouche engraved Just. Vulliamy London, with pierced blued steel hands. The twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with anchor escapement and large lozenge-section ebony rod pendulum, the backplate delicately engraved with a floral and fruit basket motif. Ticking and striking on a bell. 49cms (19ins) high
The shallow caddy top case surmounted by a cast brass leaf handle over arched glazed side panels, with glazed front and back doors, both with top quarter frets, the whole on a moulded plinth base and brass bracket feet. The 7.75inch broken-arched dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, the matted centre with chamfered date and mock pendulum apertures, all within cast scroll spandrels, the arch with silvered subsidiary Strike/Silent and regulation dials flanking a silvered signature cartouche engraved Just. Vulliamy London, with pierced blued steel hands. The twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with anchor escapement and large lozenge-section ebony rod pendulum, the backplate delicately engraved with a floral and fruit basket motif. Ticking and striking on a bell. 49cms (19ins) high
Footnotes
Another clock by Justin Vulliamy with a similar backplate is featured in Dzik, S. (2019) Engraving on English Table Clocks: Art on a Canvas of Brass 1660-1800, Wild Boar Publications, pg. 355 (G4-7).
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