A GEORGE III WHITE MARBLE, ORMOLU AND BISCUIT PORCELAIN MANTEL TIMEPIECE, BENJAMIN VULLIAMY, LONDON, CIRCA 1790

A GEORGE III WHITE MARBLE, ORMOLU AND BISCUIT PORCELAIN MANTEL TIMEPIECE
BENJAMIN VULLIAMY, LONDON, CIRCA 1790
The architectural case flanked by a figure of a genius pointing to the dial and a later figure of a putto above the stepped white marble plinth, the column with ormolu base signed Vulliamy London 216, the white enamel dial with gilt Roman chapters signed Vulliamy London, the movement with narrow plates with fusee and spring barrel, half deadbeat escapement with ebony-rod pendulum suspended from a regulation bar adjusted above the dial, with large bob numbered 216, the backplate centred by a floral cartouche and further signed Vulliamy London No. 216
17 ¼ in. (43.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Almost certainly purchased by William James prior to 1912, and by descent to Edward James.