A WILLIAM IV SILVER-MOUNTED MANTLE CLOCK, on oblong plinth applied with shells and foliage, the case on four scroll feet and cast and chased overall with scrolling foliage and diaperwork on a matted ground and surmounted by an open bible with sunburst surround, with gilt engine-turned dial sign Vulliamy London with Roman chapter ring and pierced blued hands, the four pillar single chain fusee movement with escapement and cam-regulated later pendulum, the plain back plate signed Vulliamy London no. 1319, the plinth with presentation inscription dated 1836 anf further engraved Made by B. L. Vuillamy, Clock Maker to the KING London A.D. 1836, the case by Benjamin Smith, 1836

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A WILLIAM IV SILVER-MOUNTED MANTLE CLOCK, on oblong plinth applied with shells and foliage, the case on four scroll feet and cast and chased overall with scrolling foliage and diaperwork on a matted ground and surmounted by an open bible with sunburst surround, with gilt engine-turned dial sign Vulliamy London with Roman chapter ring and pierced blued hands, the four pillar single chain fusee movement with escapement and cam-regulated later pendulum, the plain back plate signed Vulliamy London no. 1319, the plinth with presentation inscription dated 1836 anf further engraved Made by B. L. Vuillamy, Clock Maker to the KING London A.D. 1836, the case by Benjamin Smith, 1836
15in. (38cm.) high
(gross 162ozs.)

The inscription records the presentation of the clock to The Reverend Thomas Lewis of Union Chapel Islington

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