A Victorian mahogany longcase regulator

VULLIAMY, LONDON. CIRCA 1850

Details

A Victorian mahogany longcase regulator
Vulliamy, London. Circa 1850
The hood with architectural top and glazed side panels within moulded frames, fluted and chamfered front angles, with rectangular trunk door, the plinth with moulded panel and on stepped skirting with wavy apron, the 12in. square gilt-brass dial of regulator format and with silvered chapter rings, outer minute ring signed VULLIAMY LONDON, with subsidiary seconds and hour rings to the centre, pierced heart blued steel hour and minute hands, the substantial movement with four tapering pillars, Vulliamy type deadbeat escapement with jewelled pallets unusually positioned between the front plate and dial, maintaining power, the steel rod pendulum with glass mercury jar and fine calibration
6ft.11in. (211cm.)high

Lot Essay

Vulliamy, Benjamin Lewis. Born 1780, the son and grandson of eminent Royal clockmakers, Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy was one of the great English clockmakers of the 19th Century and continued to hold the Royal Warrant. He worked in Pall Mall until his death in 1854, when his business was taken over by Joseph and Alfred Jump (see footnote to lot 28). It is interesting to compare the the architectural style and dial design of the present clock to a wall regulator with en suite barometer subsequently produced by the Jumps (see Christie's London, Clocks, Watches and Barometers, 7 May 1992, lot 41). The present clock could easily be from the Jump workshop and it is likely that they had a hand in its production.

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