Antique Clock Makers Marks: Movement Plates, Dial Names, Labels, Serial Numbers and Cases

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Shown GBP range: GBP 550-GBP 6,000. Median of these 3 GBP examples: GBP 1,900.

Image	Description	Auction house	Date	Lot	Reported price realized
	A FINE EARLY 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY DROP DIAL WALL TIMEPIECE BY THE ROYAL CLOCK MAKER, VULLIAMY, LONDON, NO. 1605 the signed 12 inch painted dial with Roman numerals and outer minute track with blued steel hands, within a brass bezel locking on the right hand side, and a moulded frame, secured to the slim trunk with four wooden pegs, the trunk with a hinged door to either side secured via catches, over a chiselled base with fall front, lockable door, the single gut fusee movement with substantial plates and four pillars, also numbered 1605 to the underside of each plate, with deadbeat type escapement, signed and numbered on the backplate 'VULLIAMY LONDON No. 1605', the original steel and heavy brass bob also numbered '1605', the movement also secured to the case with a brass headed screw attached to the bottom of each plate, with associated winder, 61cm high Provenance: This clock has been in the same family for generations and was probably acquired by the family shortly after it was first made. The clock came to the present owner through descent from either the Lyon family of Appleton, Cheshire or from Sir Arthur Havelock, late Governor of Ceylon. The present owners' great-grandfather Charles Lyon married Rachel Havelock daughter of Sir Arthur Havelock and great-niece of Henry Havelock. A number of items belonging to Sir Arthur were passed down to the family.  Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy came from a line of exceptional clock makers that enjoyed royal patronage for three generations. His father, also Benjamin Vulliamy, earned a Royal Appointment in 1773 as King George III's Clockmaker. He was also commissioned to build the Regulator Clock, which was responsible for the official London time until 1884, when the Greenwich Royal Observatory took over this role with the Shepherd Master clock and later in 1893 by Dent no. 2012. Born in 1780, B. L. Vulliamy received the Freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in December 1809 and became a liveryman in January 1810 at the age of 30. The present timepiece is typical of his output, unlike his father who produced very decorative clocks, he was known for producing accurate clocks of exceptional quality and workmanship, and these practical and dependable clocks were supplied to the Royal Household as well as to government offices and other important institutions.  Similar drop dial wall timepieces by Vulliamy have been sold at Bonhams, London, 28 June 2011, lot 109 and Bonhams, London, 13 December 2011, lot 78, numbered 1685 and 1297. A striking drop dial wall clock by Vulliamy, number 1204 was also sold at Bonhams, 15 December 2009, lot 131 (£26,400).	Chiswick Auctions	2016-09-13	436	GBP 6,000
	LONG CASE WALL CLOCK - Antique walnut Biedermeier with two weight configuration and time and strike movement, white enamel dial with...	Pacific Galleries	2014-09-09	89	USD 250
	Antique Art Nouveau Gilded Mantel Clock Art Nouveau, aesthetic Movement Antique clock in Gilded Metal, long sinuous organic lines typical of style, decorative arts, intertwined curvaceous leaves tendrils and berries, top crown of Rooster on a branch fron	The Benefit Shop Foundation Inc.	2017-02-08	528	USD 250
	STATION CLOCK, antique English single train fusee movement in mahogany case with brass plaque "548", purported to have come from BALACLAVA station in Melbourne, late 19th century, 40cm diameter	Leski Auctions Pty Ltd	2023-05-28	1033	AUD 1,300
	A rare weight driven small 'diamond' dial wall timepiece movement with alarm	Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales	2021-04-21	52	GBP 1,900
	A rare Charles II eight-day longcase timepiece movement with nine-inch dial...	Dreweatts 1759	2017-09-20	228	GBP 550

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