CASE: the drum case with vase finial, on leaf-capped volutes above the stepped rectangular plinth base with Wedgwood jasper medallions of Classical subjects;
DIAL: the white enamel dial with gilt Roman hours and dot minute markers, regulation at 'XII';
MOVEMENT: the movement with half-deadbeat escapement, the backplate engraved 'Vulliamy / London / No. 382', the pendulum bob further numbered '382'
10¹⁄₂ in. (26.7 cm.) high; 5¹⁄₄ in. (13 cm.) wide; 3¹⁄₂ in. (9 cm.) deep

Purchased by the William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743-1805), brother of George III, from Vulliamy in 1802.
Sotheby's, London, 25 April 2007, lot 29.
With Anthony Woodburn, Sussex.

A. Kelly, 'Vulliamys, Wedgwoods and Georgian Clocks', Proceedings of the Wedgwood Society, No. 7, 1968, p. 160.

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This Small 'truss' clock is recorded in the Vulliamy work book (dating from 1797-1806) with suppliers including Wedgwood the 3 medallions, at a cost of £1.2.6.