Lot Essay
Benjamin Gray & Justin Vulliamy were in partnership between 1743-1762; for further biographical details see Lot 218
BENJAMIN GRAY AND JUSTIN VULLIAMY, LONDON, CIRCA 1760
Details
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
benjamin gray and justin vulliamy, london, circa 1760
The 12in. sq. dial with Roman and Arabic narrow silvered chapter ring, pierced blued steel hands, wide diameter subsidiary seconds ring in the finely matted centre with calendar aperture and shaped signature plaque engraved Benjn. Gray, Just. Vulliamy, London, foliate spandrels, the five pillar twin train movement with anchor escapement with steel rod pendulum and calibrated rating nut to the brass bob, rack striking on a bell above, the case with architectural pediment supported on fluted stop-chamfered angles, rectangular trunk door, the double-footed plinth with raised rectangular front panel
82in. (208.5cm.) high
benjamin gray and justin vulliamy, london, circa 1760
The 12in. sq. dial with Roman and Arabic narrow silvered chapter ring, pierced blued steel hands, wide diameter subsidiary seconds ring in the finely matted centre with calendar aperture and shaped signature plaque engraved Benjn. Gray, Just. Vulliamy, London, foliate spandrels, the five pillar twin train movement with anchor escapement with steel rod pendulum and calibrated rating nut to the brass bob, rack striking on a bell above, the case with architectural pediment supported on fluted stop-chamfered angles, rectangular trunk door, the double-footed plinth with raised rectangular front panel
82in. (208.5cm.) high
Provenance
John Carlton Smith, Antiquarian Horology, No. 4, Vol. 20, Winter 1992, p. 305