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Vulliamy, London

The firm of Vulliamy, headed by Benjamin Vulliamy (d.1811) and his son Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy (d.1854), was primarily known by its role as Royal clockmakers. The family had held the Royal Warrant since the 1740s. However, by the beginning of the nineteenth century, the business at 74 Pall Mall encompassed such a full range of activities that B. L. Vulliamy was to earn the epithet 'the Prince's furniture man'. They enjoyed a pre-eminent position in the luxury goods market working for the Royal family as well as the English aristocracy. In addition to clocks, the firm supplied chimneypieces, candelabra and other decorative objects in bronze, ormolu and marble

Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy was a partner with his father, Benjamin Vulliamy until 1811, he then continued the family business. Clockmakers to George III, George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria the clocks made by the Vulliamy family are recognised for their designs, the quality of their work and their elegant cases surpassed all others. B.L Vulliamy was Master of the Clockmakers' Company in 1821, 1823, 1825, 1827 and 1847. His collection of books on horology is in the Library of the Institute of Civil Engineers.