This clock was manufactured for sale by Benjamin Vulliamy during the last years before he died in 1820. His son, Benjamin Lewis, inherited the business in that year. The British Horological Institute holds B.L. Vulliamy's Clock Book which begins in 1820 at no.746. This records in great detail the manufacture, numbering and sale of clocks in the period 1820-1831.

Benjamin Vulliamy had manufactured 'Grecian cippus' clocks of this French style in one form or another since the 1790's. Some idea of the cost and manufacture can be had from the clock sold by Sir Michael Heathcote, Bt., in these Rooms, 11 April 1991, lot 5. This clock, numbered 760, was completely recorded in the Clock Book including the names of all ten craftsmen involved. It cost a total of #16/1/5 when completed in January 1823. It was immediately sold for 16 guineas, (/0) to Lady Arden, an ancestor of the vendor.