Bracket clock
Benjamin Gray (1676/7 - 1764)
Category
Horology
Date
circa 1730 - circa 1770
Materials
Steel, brass, ormolu, enamel and tortoiseshell
Measurements
820 x 420 x 180 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871579.1
Summary
Clock - Part of a Mid 18th century bracket clock. The case and bracket are French, Louis XV date, an ormolu mounted case in the manner of Boulle, surmounted by a seated female figure and standing on its original shaped wall bracket also decorated in the Boulle manner. The movement, made for the case, is by Benjamin Gray and Justin Vulliamy. Gray was clockmaker to George II from 1744 to his death in 1760. The movement of the Saltram clock has three trains, going, strike, and quarter chime on bells. It has two winding keys.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and transferred to NT in 1957.
Makers and roles
Benjamin Gray (1676/7 - 1764), horologist Justin Vulliamy (1712 - 1797), horologist manner of André-Charles Boulle the Elder (1642 - 1732), cabinetmaker