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Vulliamy, London, a mahogany drop-dial wall clock the eight-day duration timepiece movement having a half dead-beat escapement, the backplate engraved Vulliamy, London, 1525, and attached to a heavy seatboard, the twelve-inch round brass painted dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel hands and painted with the Crown & Royal Monogramme and the inscription Paymaster of Exchequer Bills, AD 1842, Vulliamy, London, 1525, the back of the dial scratched with the name of the room for which the clock was to be positioned, the Ash (?) Room, Paymaster General's, the chisel-foot, drop-dial mahogany case of typical Vulliamy form with a door to the trunk and sprung lock to the bezel, height 61cm.
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
Realised: £8,800
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