A WILLIAM IV GILT-BRASS STRIKING TRAVELLING CLOCK

BENJAMIN LEWIS VULLIAMY, LONDON. NO. 1239, CIRCA 1835

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A WILLIAM IV GILT-BRASS STRIKING TRAVELLING CLOCK
benjamin lewis vulliamy, london. no. 1239, circa 1835
The dial with a narrow silvered Roman chapter ring engraved Vuillamy, London with blued steel hands, engine-turned dial centre with twin winding holes, herringbone-engraved mask, the movement with five pillars, twin chain fusees, Harrison's maintaining power, large gilt platform with underslung lever escapement with large diameter cut bimetallic compensated balance with flat blued hair spring with diamond endstone, hour strike on a blued steel gong, the backplate engraved Vulliamy, London.1239, blued steel strike/silent lever at the top left-hand corner, the case with moulded front and rear doors with a unique release system employing a steel door key in the centre of the baseplate, the sides of the case engine-turned, the top with a large rectangular viewing portal and wel moulded rectangular articulated handle, the rectangular base on gilt-brass bun feet
7½in. (19cm.) high
Provenance
Anon sale, Sotheby's, London, October 3, 1991, Lot 213, sold for £8,000
Literature
Derek Roberts, Carriage and other Travelling clocks, Schiffer, 1993, p. 261, fig. 17-5

Lot Essay

This interesting clock could is quite possibly a unique example made perhaps for a military officer or someone who travelled a good deal and required a clock that put up with extreme handling. The unusual double-lock door release mechanism in the base is a more secure method of locking and makes it considerably more difficult for unwanted prying hands to gain access! The movement is finished to Vuillamy's highest standard with an unusual three vane fly for the strike and counter-balanced star wheel jumper.

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