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A George III ormolu-mounted white marble and Derby biscuit porcelain mantel timepiece, Benjamin Vulliamy, London, dated 1787

Lot Closed

May 17, 11:44 AM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A George III ormolu-mounted white marble and Derby biscuit porcelain mantel timepiece, Benjamin Vulliamy, London, dated 1787


4-inch enamel dial with finely pierced and engraved hands, the fusee movement with tall plates and five pillars, half deadbeat escapement, rise and fall regulation to the brass and steel pendulum, signed in a foliate engraved cartouche on the backplate Vulliamy London, contained within a fluted truncated marble column, the ormolu plinth signed Vulliamy, London, the stepped bow-fronted base mounted with a Derby porcelain urn and a putto, together with ormolu books and masons tools including two mallets, set square, dividers and chisels,

37cm 14½in high