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Lot Essay
Captain J. S. Manning is recorded serving in the King's Dragoon Guards from 1815-1840. In view of its commemorative inscription, it may possibly have been executed for the guards barracks around the time that the architect Blore (d.1879) was completing the Palace facade.
Further examples of sculpted marble clock-frames of such grandeur and incorporating movements by Vulliamy include the marble chimneypiece in the Presence Chamber in Windsor castle executed by John Bacon R.A. in the latter part of the 18th Century and the ornamental Buckingham Palace hall clock executed by Joseph Theakstone in 1829. Since the late 1950's the present clock was positioned over the entrance to The Great Room at Christie's London.
Further examples of sculpted marble clock-frames of such grandeur and incorporating movements by Vulliamy include the marble chimneypiece in the Presence Chamber in Windsor castle executed by John Bacon R.A. in the latter part of the 18th Century and the ornamental Buckingham Palace hall clock executed by Joseph Theakstone in 1829. Since the late 1950's the present clock was positioned over the entrance to The Great Room at Christie's London.