A LATE VICTORIAN GILT BRASS MINIATURE MANTEL/BRACKET TIMEPIECE WITH FIRED-ENAMEL DIAL
JUMP, LONDON, CIRCA 1900
The four pillar single chain fusee movement with arched plates and anchor escapement regulated by heavy disc bob pendulum with pendulum holdfast to the backplate, the 3.5 inch circular convex white fired enamel Roman numeral dial signed JUMP, 93 MOUNT ST., LONDON to centre and with Arabic fifteen minutes beyond the outer dot minute track, with gilt Breguet moon hands, the heavy cast gilt brass case with hinged carrying handle to the stepped ogee-shaped caddy superstructure and moulded break-arch cornice over full-height front door fitted with a convex glass for the dial and an inset silvered apron panel engraved with an oval cartouche within husk border, the sides with rectangular glazed apertures set within channelled surrounds and the rear with break-arch glazed door, on stepped ogee moulded skirt base with block feet.
21.5cm (8.5ins) high with handle down, 13.5cm (5.25ins) wide, 10cm (4ins) deep.
Richard Huyton Jump (born 1785) joined the workshop of Benjamin Louis Vulliamy in 1812. Two of his sons, Richard and Joseph, also worked for Vulliamy from 1835 and 1827 respectively. The brothers would have no doubt worked alongside the French master clockmaker Sylvian Mairet who trained under Breguet and also probably got to know James Ferguson Cole who produced a series of 'hump-back' carriage clocks in the Breguet tradition (a form which was later revived by Jump later in the century). Benjamin Louis Vulliamy died in 1854, the following year Joseph Jump, together with a third younger brother Alfred, set-up in business at 1A Bond Street, London as successors to Vulliamy. They were joined by Joseph's son, Henry, who continued working with his father after his uncle Alfred died in 1872; and then by Henry's first son, Henry Percival in 1875. In 1890 the business moved to 55 Pall Mall, In 1897 Henry Jump's second son, Arthur Huyton, joined the firm and they moved to 93 Mount Street, London the following year where they remained until the cessation of the business in 1934.
Condition Report:
Movement is in relatively clean working condition with no visible evidence of alteration or notable replacements (the pendulum holdfast knob appears to be the only obvious replacement). A precautionary clean/service is advised. The enamel dial has some slight chipping to the winding hole and a small crescent-shaped edge crack at four o'clock otherwise faults appear to be limited to a couple of small patches of dirt/grime. The case is particularly heavy and is in very good original condition retaining old thick hand-burnished fire gilding but with some light rubbing/wear throughout. The panel beneath the dial has overall mellowing and a couple of slight blemishes to the silvering and the rear door glass is broken and incomplete.
Timepiece has original pendulum and a winder.
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A LATE VICTORIAN GILT BRASS MINIATURE MANTEL/BRACKET TIMEPIECE WITH FIRED-ENAMEL DIAL
JUMP, LONDON, CIRCA 1900
The four pillar single chain fusee movement with arched plates and anchor escapement regulated by heavy disc bob pendulum with pendulum holdfast to the backplate, the 3.5 inch circular convex white fired enamel Roman numeral dial signed JUMP, 93 MOUNT ST., LONDON to centre and with Arabic fifteen minutes beyond the outer dot minute track, with gilt Breguet moon hands, the heavy cast gilt brass case with hinged carrying handle to the stepped ogee-shaped caddy superstructure and moulded break-arch cornice over full-height front door fitted with a convex glass for the dial and an inset silvered apron panel engraved with an oval cartouche within husk border, the sides with rectangular glazed apertures set within channelled surrounds and the rear with break-arch glazed door, on stepped ogee moulded skirt base with block feet.
21.5cm (8.5ins) high with handle down, 13.5cm (5.25ins) wide, 10cm (4ins) deep.
Richard Huyton Jump (born 1785) joined the workshop of Benjamin Louis Vulliamy in 1812. Two of his sons, Richard and Joseph, also worked for Vulliamy from 1835 and 1827 respectively. The brothers would have no doubt worked alongside the French master clockmaker Sylvian Mairet who trained under Breguet and also probably got to know James Ferguson Cole who produced a series of 'hump-back' carriage clocks in the Breguet tradition (a form which was later revived by Jump later in the century). Benjamin Louis Vulliamy died in 1854, the following year Joseph Jump, together with a third younger brother Alfred, set-up in business at 1A Bond Street, London as successors to Vulliamy. They were joined by Joseph's son, Henry, who continued working with his father after his uncle Alfred died in 1872; and then by Henry's first son, Henry Percival in 1875. In 1890 the business moved to 55 Pall Mall, In 1897 Henry Jump's second son, Arthur Huyton, joined the firm and they moved to 93 Mount Street, London the following year where they remained until the cessation of the business in 1934.
Condition Report:
Movement is in relatively clean working condition with no visible evidence of alteration or notable replacements (the pendulum holdfast knob appears to be the only obvious replacement). A precautionary clean/service is advised. The enamel dial has some slight chipping to the winding hole and a small crescent-shaped edge crack at four o'clock otherwise faults appear to be limited to a couple of small patches of dirt/grime. The case is particularly heavy and is in very good original condition retaining old thick hand-burnished fire gilding but with some light rubbing/wear throughout. The panel beneath the dial has overall mellowing and a couple of slight blemishes to the silvering and the rear door glass is broken and incomplete.
Timepiece has original pendulum and a winder.
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