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A good mid 18th century walnut eight day longcase clock Benjamin Gray and Justin Vulliamy, London
11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £6,312.50 inc. premium
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A good mid 18th century walnut eight day longcase clock
Benjamin Gray and Justin Vulliamy, London
The stepped caddy top surmounted by three giltwood ball and spire finials, with twin frets on Doric columns, the long crossbanded trunk door over a similar base with 'book-matched' veneer, raised on a double plinth, the 12 inch square brass dial with urn spandrels surrounding the Roman and Arabic chapter ring and finely matted centre with large subsidiary seconds ring, chamfered date aperture and applied silvered name plaque, with strike/silent lever at IX, the movement with five knopped pillars, anchor escapement with a long shaped steel crutch to the pendulum and rack strike on a bell. 2.54m (8ft 4ins) high.
The stepped caddy top surmounted by three giltwood ball and spire finials, with twin frets on Doric columns, the long crossbanded trunk door over a similar base with 'book-matched' veneer, raised on a double plinth, the 12 inch square brass dial with urn spandrels surrounding the Roman and Arabic chapter ring and finely matted centre with large subsidiary seconds ring, chamfered date aperture and applied silvered name plaque, with strike/silent lever at IX, the movement with five knopped pillars, anchor escapement with a long shaped steel crutch to the pendulum and rack strike on a bell. 2.54m (8ft 4ins) high.
Footnotes
Swiss immigrant Justin Vulliamy took his son-in-law Benjamin Gray into partnership circa 1743, just before the latter was appointed Clockmaker to George II in 1744. The partnership lasted until 1762. A similar clock, without its original caddy top is illustrated in Robinson: 'The Longcase Clock', 1981, Figure 9/114. Another, with its caddy is illustrated in Roberts:'British Longcase Clocks, 1990, Figure 48. Both authors note the similarity of Gray and Vulliamy cases to those of their contemporary, George Graham.