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Vulliamy, London, an oak night-watchman's clock the eight-day duration, weight-driven, five-pillar timepiece movement having an anchor escapement with the shaped wood-rod pendulum having a brass bob and 'T' bar suspension, the backplate engraved Vulliamy, London, 1730,, the 8 ½ inch square silvered dial engraved with a standard chapter ring to the outer with black Roman numerals, with a twelve-hour time-keeping ring to the centre with plunger at XI o'clock, set via a brass knob running through the case on the right-hand side, engraved Vulliamy, London, No 1743, AD 1845., the oak case having a pediment top and long door to the trunk, height 188cm * Biography Benjamin Louis Vulliamy, born 1780, married Francis Styles 1815, died 1854, was the son of the fine clockmaker Benjamin Vulliamy and worked alongside him for a number of years BL Vulliamy was keeper of the clocks in the Royal Household and would often arrange for both movements and dials to be replaced with those of his making so as to improve their efficiency. He was also, along with his brother Justin Theodore, responsible for continuing the work of Frederick Barraud in building up the magnificent library of horological books belonging to the Clockmakers Company, indeed many of the books were presented by the Vulliamy brothers themselves and he would push other clockmakers of note to donate books. At a time when many new law offices and government buildings were being constructed on the orders of William IV, Vulliamy was given the opportunity to provide clocks for these buildings and it is claimed that the business supplied 187 such clocks for the Crown, of which this example is one. Ref. David G Vulliamy, the Vulliamy Clockmakers, the Antiquarian Horological Society.