AN ENGLISH ORMOLU, WHITE MARBLE AND PORCELAIN TIMEPIECE MANTEL CLOCK THE MOVEMENT BY JUMP, LONDON, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, THE FIGURES BY WEDGWOOD, THE DESIGN BY BENJAMIN VULLIAMY

CASE: the fluted pedestal on waisted socle and square section base on a stepped bow-fronted plinth flanked by putto and with architectural attributes including a mallet, a chisel, a pulley, and a telescope, the scroll below the volumes engraved 'Fugit irreparabile tempus / Virgl.', the rear dust cover inscribed in ink 'No. 282'
DIAL: the white enamel dial with gilt Roman hours and dot minute markers, pierced stylised foliate hands and signed 'JUMP / LONDON', the reverse of the dial with painted initials 'W. T.'
MOVEMENT: the narrow fusée timepiece movement with half dead-beat escapement, plates joined by five pillars, the backplate engraved 'Jump / LONDON', brass bob pendulum on ebonised wood rod
161⁄4 in. (41.2 cm.) high; 113⁄4 in. (30 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20.3 cm.) deep

Provenance
With Goddens of Worthing, mid-1960’s until sold;
Dr. Lloyd Hawes, Virgil Collection: Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Private collection, U.K.