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Lot 121 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

AN EARLY VICTORIAN EIGHT DAY TIMEPIECE TABLE CLOCK

BENJAMIN LEWIS VULLIAMY, LONDON, NO. 1779. CIRCA 1845

Closed29 April 2010

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GBP 5,625

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN EIGHT DAY TIMEPIECE TABLE CLOCK
BENJAMIN LEWIS VULLIAMY, LONDON, NO. 1779. CIRCA 1845
CASE: with acroteria corners to architectural pediment, front door with raised fielded panel mouldings, on block feet DIAL: 4¼ in. diameter engraved and silvered dial signed 'VULLIAMY,/LONDON.', blued steel hands MOVEMENT: single gut fusee with four tapering pillars and half dead beat anchor escapement; replaced pendulum holdfast, roller-suspended pendulum
12½ in. (32 cm.) high; 7 in. (18 cm.) wide; 5½ (14 cm.) deep

Sotheby's house sale, Fawley House, 14 October 2003, lot 100.

Specialist note

Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (178-1854) was the last of the eminent Vulliamy family of clockmakers. Timepieces such as this were made for offices or studies.