AN EARLY VICTORIAN ORMOLU MANTEL TIMEPIECE, CIRCA 1840

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN ORMOLU MANTEL TIMEPIECE, CIRCA 1840
THE LEAF AND SHELL CAST WAISTED CASE ON SCROLL FEET AND RESTING ON A SPREADING RECTANGULAR BASE CAST WITH CONFORMING ORNAMENT AND WITH BERRIED LEAF GALLERY, THE SILVERED DIAL WITH ROMAN CHAPTER RING SIGNED VULLIAMY LONDON, WITH ENGINE-TURNED CENTRE AND MOON HANDS, TYPICAL VULLIAMY SINGLE CHAIN FUSEE MOVEMENT WITH HALF DEADBEAT ESCAPEMENT, SIGNED AND NUMBERED ON THE BACKPLATE VULLIAMY LONDON 1452, WITH REPEAT NUMBER TO THE PENDULUM
11IN. (28CM.) HIGH

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THE MODEL FOR THIS CLOCK DERIVES FROM A DESIGN BY BENJAMIN LEWIS VULLIAMY (1780-1854) DATING FROM THE MID 1820S. IT PROVED A POPULAR MODEL AND SOME TWO DOZEN WERE MADE BETWEEN THE 1820S AND THE 1840S. NUMBER 1453 WAS OFFERED FOR SALE AT SOTHEBY'S BOND STREET ON 28 APRIL 1988 AND IS ALSO OF THIS DESIGN. FROM THE NUMBER OF THE CLOCK IT IS POSSIBLE TO DATE THE CLOCK TO THE EARLY PART OF THE 1840S. THE MOVEMENT IS QUITE POSSIBLY BY J.G. HOLMDEN, VULLIAMY'S REGULAR MOVEMENT SUPPLIER DURING THE 1820S AND 1830S.

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