Lot Essay
Joseph Jump, apprenticed to Benjamin Louis Vulliamy in 1827 and on Vulliamy's death in 1854 continued on his own account in Bond street and later in Pall Mall untill his death in 1899.
Details
Jump, London: A silver-cased perpetual calendar astronomical carriage timepiece, London 1897, casemaker Anthony Charles Jones
The hump-back case on sconce feet with chain handle to top, the solid rear door with shutters for wind and hand-set and with engraved dedication Presented to John Lumsden Propert as a mark of grateful affection by his wards Maria, Felix and Flora Joseph. 1898., the door catch concealed in the right rear foot, the dial with engine-turned silver chapter disc having Roman chapters, subsidiary seconds and moonphase, gold moon hands, within a milled bezel and engine turned gilt mask signed Jump. London on a plaque beneath the month aperture and flanked by subsidiary rings for days of the week and month with blued arrow-head hands, the four pillar movement with single chain fusee with maintaining power, the wheels with five crossings and with jewelled endcapped contrate, the gilt lever platform with overcoiled blued spring to cut bimetallic compensated balance, the plain backplate signed Jump with calendar adjustment and securing brackets to case; with original silver ratchet winding key and shagreen-covered outer protecting case
6¼in. (16cm.) high (3)
The hump-back case on sconce feet with chain handle to top, the solid rear door with shutters for wind and hand-set and with engraved dedication Presented to John Lumsden Propert as a mark of grateful affection by his wards Maria, Felix and Flora Joseph. 1898., the door catch concealed in the right rear foot, the dial with engine-turned silver chapter disc having Roman chapters, subsidiary seconds and moonphase, gold moon hands, within a milled bezel and engine turned gilt mask signed Jump. London on a plaque beneath the month aperture and flanked by subsidiary rings for days of the week and month with blued arrow-head hands, the four pillar movement with single chain fusee with maintaining power, the wheels with five crossings and with jewelled endcapped contrate, the gilt lever platform with overcoiled blued spring to cut bimetallic compensated balance, the plain backplate signed Jump with calendar adjustment and securing brackets to case; with original silver ratchet winding key and shagreen-covered outer protecting case
6¼in. (16cm.) high (3)
Provenance
Dr. J. L. Propert was largely responsible for reviving the market for portrait miniatures. His book A History of Miniature Art, London 1887 was the first comprehensive guide to miniatures, their collectors and collections. His own collection was dispersed by the Fine Art Society in 1897