Clockmaker
Benjamin Vulliamy
Also recorded as: Vulliamy, Benjamin · Vulliamy family · Justin Vulliamy · Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy
Member of a dynasty of Pall Mall clockmakers to the Crown, known for regulators and porcelain-mounted clocks.
Justin Vulliamy, a Swiss-born watchmaker, settled in London in the 1730s; his son Benjamin and grandson Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy were clockmakers to the Crown for three generations. The firm made precision regulators as well as fashionable mantel clocks with Derby porcelain and marble mounts, and maintained an archive of drawings and workshop records.
- Country
- England (Swiss origin)
- City / centre
- London (Pall Mall)
- Life / active
- 1747–1811
- Status
- Historical individual
- Key people
- Justin Vulliamy; Benjamin Vulliamy; Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy
Innovations & specialities
- Precision regulators
- Neo-classical mantel clocks
Works by Benjamin Vulliamy in the catalogue
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Clocks · c.1730
LONG CASE CLOCK Figured walnut Inscribed 'Benj: Gray and Just: Vulliamy, London', made in about 1730
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Clocks · ca. 1745
Clock by Movement by Benjamin Gray, United Kingdom, ca. 1745
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Clocks · 1780
Regulator clock by Vulliamy, Benjamin, 1747-1811, England, 1780
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · 1783-1785
Globe clock by Jean Romilly, France, 1783-1785
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Clocks · 1787
Clock by Benjamin Vulliamy, England, 1787
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Movements & Components · 1795
Turret clock by Thwaites and Reed; Vulliamy, Benjamin, England, 1795
Science Museum Group, London
Movements & Components · 1800
Watch movement by Vulliamy family, England, 1800
Science Museum Group, London
Pocket Watches · 1847
Pocket watch by Vulliamy, Benjamin Lewis, England, 1847
Science Museum Group, London
Linked through the Atlas maker authority list, which reconciles the spellings used by different institutions. Attributions are as stated by each holding institution or auction house.
