120 objects from the Royal Collection return to the Royal Pavilion in Brighton
BENJAMIN LEWIS VULLIAMY (1780-1854)
Mantel clock
early nineteenth centuryGilt bronze, silver, lapis lazuli | 91.4 cm (Height) (whole object) | RCIN 30006
A mantel clock with chased gilt bronze foliage, supported on either side by enamelled male and female Chinese figures and surmounted by an enamelled painted peacock. On a rectangular lapis lazuli plinth with ormulu scrolls and dragons The eight day rack striking clock has a fusee movement and ½ dead beat escapement. The matt silvered chapter ring has the 12 hours represented in roman figures with gilt and blued steel serpent shaped hands. The case of this clock is identical to a matching barometer. Vulliamy number 662.
