Silver
case English humpback carriage clock by Jump of London
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Price: Inquire.
This
silver “humpback” carriage clock by Jump,
London, was sold to Lord Althorp, with London hallmarks
for 1888-89.
A
very rare astronomical timepiece with days of the week,
date and phases and age of the moon is in it’s
original fitted traveling case with original silver
ratchet key. Some
of the features of this extremely well built clock are:
Four
silver bun feet, one with a secret pin that unlocks
the back door; a silver chain handle; silver engine-turned
dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute dot divisions
on a polished chapter ring, moon-phase aperture at 6
o’clock, small subsidiary seconds below 12 o’clock;
subsidiary dials for days of the week; gold Breguet
hands.
The
movement is humpback shaped with brass plates, turned
pillars, reversed fusee with chain and maintaining power,
horizontal gilt platform with lateral calibrated lever
escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with
Breguet balance spring. The clock is signed on a small
gold plaque fixed to the dial plate and the travel
case, with Dessoutter’s label, signed Lord Althorp.
Dimensions: 160 x 115 x 75 mm.
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Jump
was founded in 1854 by the brothers Richard Thomas and
Joseph Jump who had both been apprenticed to and worked
for B.L. Vulliamy. A Bond Street, through several
generations, the firm made a wide variety of clocks,
many of them in the style of Breguet. From at least
1883, they made a number of “humpback” bracket
clocks similar to those of Breguet, and were also responsible
for the overhauling and recasing of the astronomical
clock by Samuel Watson in the Royal collections. Silver
“humpback” carriage clocks were introduced
by Breguet circa 1813.
During
Breguet’s lifetime only a few were made; they are
among the best – and the most expensive - he ever
produced. The humpback model has been very popular,
its shape being used not only by the house of Breguet
but by others such as Cole and Jump in England, for
instance, for two hundred years after its creation.
Toward the end of the 19th century in England, James
Jump made a few silver carriage clocks in the “humpback”
style. Today they are among the most sought-after by
collectors, along with those made by Breguet. James
Fergusson Cole also made a few. The clocks made by both
Jump and Cole are very rare and on a par with those
produced by Breguet.
