Benjamin Vulliamy, Clockmaker to the King from 1773, was closely involved in the production and development of a new type of mantel ornamental clock case in the 1780s, in which high quality gilt bronze was combined with finely modelled biscuit porcelain figures. In an attempt to surpass French biscuit porcelain production and to promote English manufacture, Vulliamy collaborated with William Duesbury of Derby in the employment of artists capable of producing small-scale sculpture of the finest quality in...
